THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 1215 Issue No. 1989
17 - 23 August 2023
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THE Spanish Ministry of Consumer Protec tion has launched sanc tions against several low cost airlines for charging additional fees for passengers’ hand luggage. The planned penalties can be up to €1 million for the most serious viola tions, the ministry an nounced in a press re lease on Thursday, August 10. Procedures for re questing surcharges were also extended to other services that were specifically billed and for which passen gers had no choice but to pay. This applies, for example, to reserving a seat next to children or people who need care. Also, according to the ministry, and con trary to the regula tions, the airlines in question do not allow cash payments at the airports when purchas ing additional services. Credit: RachH/Pixabay
THE SOLLER TRAIN: Workers are demanding a salary increase.
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THE employees of the his toric Soller train in Mallorca want to go on strike. The company’s works council decided on Thursday, Au gust 10 that work would be stopped around the clock for eight days. The dates are scheduled for August 22, 23, 29, 30 and 31 and September 7, 8 and 9. The UGT, CCOO and STEIi trade unions have submitted the relevant applications to the Balearic Ministry of Labour and to the Tamib Concilia tion and Arbitration Court. The reason for the walk out is the stalled negotia tions on a new collective
agreement. At the begin ning of the year, the man agement announced that a salary increase would only be possible if the General Directorate for Mobility agreed to an increase in ticket prices. This was waved through just before the regional elections. Since then, ac cording to the works coun cil, negotiations have not made any progress. The workers are demand ing a salary increase of 7 per cent for 2023 and a fur ther 4 per cent for 2024. In addition, the workers demand a guarantee that
the socalled ‘fijos discon tinuos’ runs for nine months a year. The contract model popular on the Balearic Islands stipulates that the workers are per manently employed, but only work for a certain peri od of time per year. Fur thermore, holidays and work schedules should be better regulated. The company said in a press release that it would offer workers a 5 per cent increase in the first year, a 3.5 per cent increase in the second year, and an addi tional 3 per cent in the third year.
THE town hall of Felanitx has announced that it has restrict ed access to the s’Algar natural area in Portocolom for vehi cles, and sand buggies from organised excursions. By doing this, the public paths in the natural area should be affected as little as possible. The town hall also wants to minimise the risk of forest fires. In general, the regulation is about keeping the impact on the environment in the area as low as possible in view of the high volume of vehicles in summer. However, the new regulation does not apply to everyone. Elderly people or people with restricted mobility, for exam ple, should continue to be able to drive into the nature re serve with their vehicles. The new rule will not be a ban, more a restriction on numbers.