Baggage handlers at all of Portugal’s major airports are threatening to strike every weekend for the rest of the year, and over the entire Christmas and New Year period.
Travellers to Portugal are facing further strike action affecting airports (Credit: iStock / georgeclerk)
Portugal’s Sima union, which represents workers employed by Menzies (formerly Groundforce), issued a new strike notice on Tuesday (19 August) as part of an ongoing dispute over pay, Portuguese title Publico reports.
The new strike notice follows two weekends of pre-planned action over 25-28 July and 8-11 August, which prompted a warning from the Foreign Office.
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