Mallorca: 16% of Palma council staff walk out

Palma, Mallorca: 16% of city council staff join Wednesday’s general strike by 10.30am on 11 November. Outside the town hall, 100 to 200 members of the UGT and CCOO unions gather in protest. Deputy council spokesman Llorenç Bauzá gives the strike figure at a press conference.

Across municipal companies, turnout averages below 10%. They include the transport operator Empresa Municipal de Transportes, the sports body Instituto Municipal del Deporte and the parking company Sociedad Municipal de Aparcamientos. At the utility Emaya, about 2% of staff take part. Bauzá says the figures could change as employees work different shifts and hours.

Bauzá says no municipal facility has closed, though Cort library was shut at the start of the day. Outside the town hall, protesters urge businesses to close, hand leaflets to workers and passers-by, and chant against Palma’s mayor, Jaime Martínez.

Topics: Protests · Strikes · Palma

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com