End of Mallorca's tourism season - time to protest
When EU tourism ministers gather in Palma, they can expect to be greeted with protests.
Bar and restaurant students in Mallorca
Hospitality students in Mallorca. But will they look elsewhere for work?
Waiter at a terrace in Menorca
Workers are said to be getting insufficient breaks.
Mallorca's hospitality workers - overworked and exploited
Unions say that there is widespread abuse in the workplace.
Unions denouncing the "fraud" of dismissing workers after trial periods
Abuse of the trial period is said to disguise the fact that employers are hiring on a temporary basis.
Balearic hotels, restaurants and nightlife agree new pay deal
Unions had been threatening possible industrial action ahead of the elections and the tourism season.
Union says hospitality pay agreement is not consensual
Negotiations were "clandestine" and "hasty".
Agreement on new pay deal for the Balearic hospitality industry
Risk of any industrial action would appear to have been averted.
The race to avoid a labour dispute in Mallorca's hospitality industry
Strikes affecting the tourism industry are the last thing the government wants.
Price increases in the Balearics were more than double 2022 pay rises
Unions are holding out for ten per cent pay increases in 2023.
Pay agreement being studied to avoid a "hot winter" for Mallorca's hospitality sector
Unions have been warning of industrial action.
Balearic pay agreements of up to 15%
Agreements already reached will send out a signal to negotiators for larger sectors - hospitality in particular.
Unions say profits justify hospitality pay increase
Full-on clashes with the employers over pay are being anticipated.
Bar terrace in Palma, Mallorca
Employers have been offering better packages in order to attract staff.
High hospitality job mobility in search of better working conditions
Around 10,000 workers in the hospitality sector have changed jobs this summer.
Restaurants association highlights a case which is "the tip of the iceberg"
A restaurant proprietor sought a postponement of the last quarter's tax; this was denied.
Hospitality pay increase postponed for two months
The pay increase which should have been applied in April 2020 was postponed for a year.
Unions insisting on hospitality sector pay increase
A 3.5% pay increase was postponed for a year last April.
Cheers as 7,000 bars and restaurants share 1,000 million euro aid package
Aid for 5,770 bars and restaurants in Mallorca.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Major security alert at Mallorca airport, surprise landing of flights from Morocco and Namibia
- Big changes on the horizon when Britons travel to Mallorca
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"
Comment
What time do you have dinner of an evening?
Rrom spring through to autumn here in Mallorca, sitting down to dine dark into the night, was and always will be rather sexy.
Frank Leavers09/03/2024 04:05