MALLORCA TODAY - Balearics coach drivers unions go to arbitration

The four unions at the centre of the threatened strike by coach drivers in the Balearics on 21 and 22 July are to meet today with operators at the Balearics arbitration tribunal. Hope is being expressed that following the calling off strikes by doctors and hotel workers (the latter resolved via arbitration), there could be a similarly successful outcome to this mediation.

MALLORCA TODAY - Half a million tourists to be affected by July's strikes

British and German travel agency organisations are saying that up to 500,000 tourists could be affected by the two strikes planned for later this month - that in the hostelry sector (20 July) and that of coach drivers on 21 and 22 July. The drivers' strike could become indefinite, meaning that there would be repeats, if agreement is not found as a consequence of the threatened strike. Meanwhile, another strike - that of doctors which is due to start on 6 July - looks as though it will be called off.

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