Just to make some things clear (and without any intention of supporting such *******ing strikers who have plunged the country in utter chaos)
The reasons that the AT controllers have given for their "strike" are these ones:
1-The time of training (to improve their skills, learn to use new equipment and stuff) will not count as hours worked. Do not know how things work in your countries, but here in Spain, training hours count as hours worked
2-They have to work longer hours than those specified by law without receiving anything in return (here in Spain you have to work 40 hours a week by law). If you work more hours, these will be counted as overtime and be paid as such
3-In certain jobs, you must be on duty (for example, I work in a pharmacy and now I'm on duty, but this time I'm on duty I get paid as such (hehehehe, this week I have worked 72 hours)) The government says that on-duty hours of Air Traffic Controllers do not count as such.
All these measures have been adopted by the government through an executive order, without any kind of negotiation with the ATC union and a few hours before the start of the enormous holiday weekend (5 days)
I repeat, I do not support these guys, the country is sunk by the crisis and they (who have a salary so spectacular) have paralyzed Spain. What an image to give to the international community....
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