Unions warn of Easter strike at Lanzarote hotels

Unions representing hotel workers have warned that they will strike during Easter week if wages in the sector are not improved.

After a second meeting with the tourism employers’ association failed to reach agreement on wages, Borja Suárez, secretary of the CCOO Services Federation, and Francisco González, secretary of Hospitality and Tourism for UGT Canarias, said they could not be flexible on what is owed to workers who are contributing to the millions in profits of the recent tourist boom.

González said, “We’re facing an employers’ association that doesn’t realize that its workers are the ones who drive a multi-million-dollar sector”.

A further meeting will take place on Friday to try and resolve the issue.