Theme of the Week
Protest-free island
The unions have been threatening to make this year a massive protest in favour of hospitality workers, as the negotiations for the new collective bargaining agreement have been getting nowhere. Strike action that could disrupt the tourism season is becoming more likely.
Palma Labour Day rally demands 19% pay increase for hospitality workers
The turnout was perhaps lower than the unions had anticipated.
Meeting of hospitality employers and unions in Mallorca
Wednesday's meeting at the offices of the Mallorca Hoteliers Federation.
Outright rejection of hoteliers' pay offer will give May Day rally added edge
There is a fear of protests and strike action affecting the tourism season.
Mallorca’s restaurants have long been at the heart of the island’s hospitality industry
Mallorca’s restaurants have long been at the heart of the island’s hospitality industry, evolving from humble inns to key players in a tourism-driven economy.
Mallorca's restaurants: "No one listens to us; we are second-class players"
The hospitality agreement covers pay, working hours and a great deal more besides, but the restaurant sector has no real say in this.
Mallorca's beach bars having problems recruiting staff
The beach bars are faced by precisely the same issues as the rest of the hospitality industry in Mallorca.
Increasing possibility of Mallorca's tourism season being hit by industrial action
The employers and unions are further apart than ever in their negotiations for a new agreement for the hospitality industry.
Training in the hospitality sector
Training in the hospitality sector.
Two months for an agreement or Mallorca's hospitality industry could face protests
The UGT union has adopted a particularly hard line in negotiations for the collective bargaining agreement.
Balearic tourist sector seeking over 100,000 workers
More and more employees are needed earlier in the year than used to be the case.
Mallorca hoteliers determined to tackle unjustified absenteeism of up to 30%
Absenteeism is an issue for the collective bargaining negotiations that got under way on Thursday.
35-hour working week, a 'red line' for Balearic hospitality industry negotiations
Employers and unions appear to be far apart on pay and the working week.
Mallorca hospitality - 20% of all jobs and still not enough
Difficulties with attracting seasonal workers from the mainland are increasing.
More businesses than ever in Mallorca, and almost a fifth are hospitality
A record number of businesses can't disguise a fundamental problem with the Balearic economy.
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.
- 5,000 passengers come ashore as Britain's biggest cruise ship docks in Palma
- The big U.S. exodus to Spain, Trump blamed
- The one-time attraction in Mallorca fallen into ruin
- Ryanair fined for refusing to compensate a passenger who landed in Mallorca three hours late
- Louis Vuitton taking over Palma's Bellver Castle
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