Spain: Barcelona airport crisis worsens as security staff plan 24-hour strike

After 2 weeks of chaos, Barcelona airport faces a worsening situation as security staff begin a continuous 24-hour strike. The private security workers have been staging go-slows and rolling one-hour strikes since late July and Sunday voted for a second time to reject the company’s offer, paving the way for 24-hour strike action. The workers voted by 150 to 36 to reject the offer and to go ahead with the planned industrial action. Spain’s minister for infrastructure, Inigo de la Serna, said Sunday that this was the strikers’ “last chance” and that he would send in Guardia Civil officers to ensure that the airport continued to function if they voted to walk out. Waits of up to 3 hours have led to more than 1,000 passengers missing their flights over the past 2 weeks. <br/>