Planned strikes at Portuguese airport from September to January cancelled

By&nbspEuronews

Published on 19/09/2025 - 15:58 GMT+2

Good news for anyone booked to alert done Portugal: the Menzies workers' strike, which was group to return spot crossed 76 days betwixt 3 September and 2 January, has been called off.

On Thursday, workers astatine PdH/Menzies voted to cancel nan strike, stating that nan imposed minimum work requirements made it intolerable to workout their correct to onslaught effectively.

The business action had been called by SIMA (the Union of Metal and Related Industries) and STA (the Transport Union), targeting Menzies (formerly Groundforce), nan institution responsible for crushed handling services astatine Portuguese airports.

However, Portugal's Arbitration Court, nether nan Economic and Social Council, ruled that minimum work levels had to beryllium maintained. SIMA "strongly denounced nan determination of nan Arbitration Court regarding nan onslaught astatine SPdH/Menzies", guaranteeing that what was imposed is not minimum services since they require ensuring "around 80 per cent of normal operations".

The court’s ruling specifically mandated 100 per cent work for home flights (mainland and islands) and 35 per cent for world flights. In a statement, SIMA said nan determination made it intolerable for workers to workout their ineligible correct to strike and called it a “real onslaught connected nan correct to onslaught of Portuguese workers successful wide and of that institution successful particular".

The national besides warned that "other forms of protestation are already being considered," though it did not supply further details.