In addition, the company has very close ties with the governing People’s Party (PP): Eulen’s major shareholders include the brothers of former Spain’s defense minister, Jaime Mayor Oreja, and have even been accused of paying ‘illegal ‘commissions’ To the Partido Popular’.

The PP has repeatedly threatened to punish Catalonia financially for its separatist aspirations.

Attack on a tire of a Tourist Bus highlighted in Headlines around the whole World

Last week young people from ARRAN slightly damaged a tourist bus in Barcelona as part of the campaign against the saturation of tourists in the city .. The news went viral in blazing headlines all over the world, promoted by the far-right Spanish media. But is it mere coincidence that this dangerous anti-tourist revolt finally erupts just before the Independence Referendum, after so many years of enduring them? Or could the rumors of the ‘Media GAL’ of the State be relevant, with a police ‘Un-limited Budget Available’ which includes possible ‘Infiltracions en … entitats sobiranistes’.? (Infiltrations into Independentist Circles) Tourism is unpopular but brings in 25% of local income . see below.

The real strike began last Friday when workers, who manage the queues, monitor scanners, check bags and frustrated travelers, began taking an hour of stops at four different times of the day: from 5:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., 11.30, 4.30-5.30 PM, and 6.30-7.30 PM.

If the dispute is not resolved by mid-August, the union has threatened to call an indefinite strike, which could bring the second largest airport in Spain to a shocking halt in one of the most intense moments of the year.

At the center of the dispute are the conditions in which the 350 employees of the security firm, Grupo Eulen, based in Madrid, must work, due in large part to the lack of personnel reinforcements. “As there are no more staff, employees are asked to stay longer hours, and can do days of up to 16 hours,” said Alberto Cortado of the UGT union. The staff is also asking for relief so they can visit the restroom and take breaks.

Lack of staff, unions say, is leading to greater stress, which is far from ideal for a job where concentration is so vital.

The Minister of the Presidency of the Generalitat, Jordi Turull, said that the Spanish state “has been absent from the conflict and has been looking away until the situation has become unsustainable.”

On the other hand, they say that in the last year there have been 30 ‘incidents’, 35 people have quit and 30 medical casualties due to stress or similar reasons.

Workers are also protesting worsening wage conditions. According to El País, eight years ago, when another company, Prosegur, was in charge of private security at the airport, the net salary was 1,300 euros (including bonuses).

When the recently privatized airports of Spain, the operator AENA gave the contract for private security to Eulen last year, the company immediately reduced the salary for the established staff to € 1,100. For the new hires, it was even worse: they get paid only € 900 a month, not nearly enough to make ends meet in an expensive tourist city.

In Barcelona, ​​the average price of housing has risen 22% in the last 12 months. Renting a flat costs you between 1000 and 3000 euros per month. In the old town, which is the zero point for the tourist industry, the average price has soared 35%. “You could sell ten flats in a day” to Chinese on real estate tours, explains the president of the Spanish unit of Coldwell Banker.

See also: Another ‘Vulture Fund’ Block Occupied in Barcelona

Information about the strike from Wolf Street HERE

organization chart here.. http://spaincrisis.blogspot.com/2017/02/organigrama-de-la-guerra-sucia-contra.html