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Easter strike by Tenerife hotel workers prompts Foreign Office warning

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James Chapple
17 April 2025

A pre-Easter strike by hotel and hospital workers in Tenerife and the western Canaries has prompted a warning from the Foreign Office.

The two-day walkout started on Thursday and will affect the western Canaries (Credit: iStock / pawel.gaul)

Workers in Santa Cruz province, which also covers La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro, started their two-day walkout on Thursday (17 April).

The action will reportedly affect around 80,000 workers. It comes after a new deal concerning pay and conditions was rejected.

Elsewhere in the Canaries, workers in Las Palmas province, which includes Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, have come to terms.

In an update to is travel advice for Spain issued on Thursday morning, the FCDO advised holidaymakers to stay in touch with their travel provider.