Ryanair workers in Spain have announced a strike later this month that will carry on into July, according to its primary unions.
Staff will not work between June 24 and June 26, as well as June 31, July 1, and July 2, in response to dissatisfaction with working conditions.
While the strike is only being carried out by staff in Spain, it may impact UK holidays to Spanish hotspots this summer.
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As reported by The Mirror, labour organisations such as SITCPLA and USO met to demand an uplift, and claimed that they were presented with "no other option" but to strike.
The announcement of industrial action follows the news that Ryanair ended talks with the unions on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for SITCPLA stated: “We’re coordinating our actions with European counterparts.”
In a joint statement, the two unions said that Ryanair was not committed to a solution and argued the airline was acting in bad faith.
According to Ryanair, negotiations reached stalemate as a result of the unions' "unrealistic demands and refusal to meaningfully engage."
It is not yet known how many flights will be affected by the industrial action.
Speaking to The Mirror last week, a Ryanair spokesperson stated: “Ryanair has negotiated collective agreements covering 90% of our people across Europe. In recent months we have been negotiating improvements to those agreements as we work through the Covid recovery phase.
"Those negotiations are going well and we do not expect widespread disruption this summer.
"In Spain, we are pleased to have reached a collective agreement with CCOO, Spain’s largest and most representative union, delivering improvements for Spanish-based cabin crew and reinforcing Ryanair’s commitment to the welfare of its cabin crew.
"These announcements by the much smaller USO and SITCPLA unions are a distraction from their own failures to deliver agreements after three years of negotiations and we believe that any strikes they call will not be supported by our Spanish crews.”
