Massive UK Strike Disrupts Services

 A massive strike by more than 2 million public sector workers in the UK has caused schools to close and hospitals to virtually cease operation. Among those striking over cuts to public sector pensions are UK Border Agency staff, probation officers, radiographers, court staff, garbage collectors, customs officers, police civilian staff and a wide variety of other public services affecting nearly all aspects of everyday life. Rallies and protest marches are expected to happen across the country.

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Spain calls in military to deal with air traffic controllers strike

The Spanish government has confirmed Friday that the military will take control of the country's air traffic control following an unannounced strike by Spain's air traffic controllers that has caused chaos in the country.

An emergency cabinet meeting of the Spanish Government decided to send military air-traffic controllers to the airports of Seville, Madrid, Barcelona and in the Canary Islands as a result of the lightening strike that led to the country's airspace being closed.

Air traffic controllers all over Spain walked out without prior warning at 5 p.m. local time in an action that left planes stranded on the tarmac all over the country.

The Spanish Ministry of Defense has sent personnel to the airports of Valladolid, Murcia, Salamanca, Talavera de la Reina, Badajoz, Leon, Zaragoza and Albacete.
"Given that the representatives of the controllers have refused to change their attitude, we have proceeded, in agreement with the Constitution and with the current laws, to use the mechanisms that we had previously predicted," said Spain's Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba.
The government has acted quickly in the face of an unannounced strike by Spain's air-traffic controllers, who according to the Spanish Public Works Ministry "abandoned their workplace in massive numbers," two hours after their change of shift at 5 p.m. local time.
The action happened just as Spain is beginning a holiday weekend: the Puente de Constitution, with millions of people taking advantage of what for many is a five-day weekend to travel to areas such as the Canary and Balearic Islands.
At least 250,000 passengers were stranded by the action and all of Spain's airports and airspace was closed as a result. The Air Traffic Controllers confirmed that it is a "spontaneous" protest against the government's new rules on their working hours.
Latest reports from Spain say that civilian air traffic controllers have reported to Madrid airport, but refused to work, while 50 percent of the controllers have reported to work at Barcelona's El Prat airport. 

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Larnaca Airport on Strike from 15th and 24th of October

The new International Airport of Larnaca is likely to be shut down by force coming from its own staff, due to an ongoing protest that challenges the daily use of metal detectors. which are in place like in many destinations across the world for security reasons. The planned dates for the protes are as follows:

15th of October  10-hours strike from 9:00am till 5:00pm

24th of October  24-hours strike from 9:00am

Airport workers claim, that they have rights to change the metal detector security check for a manual check.

Larnaca Airport Workers seem to be convinced that exposure to everyday electro-magnetic waves can negatively affect their health. A

 Staff Union appeal indicated

 that the Government was informed and given a month to resolve the problem, yet no action action had been taken,.

What is interesting here is that the principle of using a metal detector security test is not against any European or Cypriot law. 


Is this an isolated case or will the rest of the EU follow the lead of the Larnaca Airport workers?

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