Ryanair Faces Strike Threat in Spain Over Alleged Use of Moroccan Workers

The strike will take place at Ryanair’s ten bases in Spain, namely: Madrid, Malaga, Seville, Alicante, Valencia, Barcelona, Girona, Santiago de Compostela, Ibiza and Palma de Mallorca. It aims to denounce this "totally illegal" way of the company’s leaders to break the cabin crew (TCP) strike by using Moroccan labor.

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For the general secretary of USO-Ryanair, Lidia Arasanz, these crews are not registered with the Spanish social security, "let alone in a European Union country, and operate flights in Spain". The union has therefore filed a complaint with the Malaga airport police in which it has denounced the presence of five Moroccans in the cabin crew on various domestic flights in Spain.

USO is demanding in its complaint that the Moroccans provide their "legal authorization to work as TCP in Spain and that their work and residence permits be verified". And to add: "We have been informed that the National Air Safety Agency must be notified of the crews of each flight and whether these crews comply with the law. We have no record of this notification coming from Ryanair".