MOST of the strikes affecting the tourism industry over Christmas have been called off and rescheduled, even though no consensus has yet been reached between companies and unions.
National airline Iberia has agreed not to down tools until at least January 7, cancelling the six-day strike planned for between this coming Friday, December 14 and Friday, December 21.
The various unions representing employees of the carrier, which recently announced 4,500 redundancies as a result of a 'restructure', have invited the company to another meeting which will be presided by the Inter-confederal Mediation and Arbitration Service (SIMA).
If Iberia – which merged with British Airways over a year ago – agrees to this, staff will give them a stay of grace as regards strikes, a period which unions say the airline should 'make the most of'.
In the meantime, employees of the three rail companies RENFE, Adif and FEVE have called off the strikes planned for tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday after unions managed to obtain a commitment from their boards of directors to ensure all jobs would be safe.
