Lisbon, July 10, 2025 (Lusa) - Workers at SPdH/Menzies (formerly Groundforce) will be on strike on the last weekend of July and the last four weekends of August, according to a notice issued by the Metal and Allied Industries Union (SIMA).

The strike is motivated by demands such as base salaries set at or above the national minimum wage, better wages, payment for night work and continued access to the car park under the same terms and conditions that have always applied to them.

In a statement, SIMA also calls for compliance with the Memorandum of Understanding and states that it covers all Portuguese airports.

The first strike period is from 12 a.m. on 25 July to 12 a.m. on 28 July, i.e. between Friday and the following Monday.

The four periods in August replicate this structure, and the second strike period runs from midnight (12 a.m.) on 8 August to midnight (12 a.m.) on 11 August.

In that month, the unions also plan strikes, along the same lines, for all days between 15 and 18 August, 22 and 25 August, and 29 August and 1 September.

SIMA explains that for workers whose shift begins before or ends after the announced periods and if “most of their working period coincides with the period covered” by the advance notice, the strike “will take effect from the time they should have started work, or will continue until the time they should have finished work”.

The union added that, despite the strike, workers will ensure the services necessary for the safety and maintenance of equipment and facilities.

“Given the current circumstances, namely the number of workers covered by the advance notice and its wide dissemination, it is only necessary to ensure the minimum services listed above,” SIMA added.

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