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Strike by airport ground handling staff at major Spanish airports may cause delays during Semana Santa, affecting millions of passengers including international travelers, unions say.

The Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT), or General Union of Workers has called for action.

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The unions have called strikes in the airport service companies on land ('handling') Groundforce and Menzies, in the first case with partial and indefinite strikes from 27 March and in the second from 28 March, to claim the salary recovery. In Groundforce, the call for CCOO, UGT and USO starts on 27 March, with stops in the shifts of morning, afternoon and night (from 05:00 to 07:00, from 11:00 to 17:00, and from 22:00 to 00:00 hours) and will c…

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The unions have called strikes in the handling companies Groundforce and Menzies. In the first case they are partial and indefinite strikes from 27 March and in the second from 28 March, to claim the salary recovery. In Groundforce, the call for CCOO, UGT and USO starts on 27 March, with stops in the morning, afternoon and night shifts (from 05:00 to 07:00, from 11:00 to 17:00, and from 22:00 to 00:00 hours) and will continue indefinitely. In th…

CCOO, UGT and USO have announced the beginning of an indefinite strike on 27 March in Groundforce, a globalia holding company operating at 12 Spanish airports – including Madrid, Barcelona or Palma de Mallorca – due to labor disagreements within the negotiation of a new collective agreement. As detailed by the [...] The entry CCOO, UGT and USO call for an indefinite strike on 27 March in Groundforce, ‘handling’ operating 12 airports appears firs…

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Forbes España broke the news in on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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