The Foreign Office has issued a travel warning for the Canary Islands as a series of road transport strikes are due to be held throughout October.
The strikes will run throughout the whole of October
More than 15,000 road transport workers in Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura will down tools from Monday (2 October) throughout the whole month – including on 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25 and 28 October – after negotiations over salary increases broke down at the weekend.
The government has nevertheless assured minimum service levels will be guaranteed, with transportation to hospitals and medical centres maintained.
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