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Madrid-Barajas: SATE baggage-system maintenance strike on five days a week until 30 November 2026 (ASC)

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Minor Airports (baggage system maintenance)

Members of the union Alternativa Sindical de Clase (ASC) employed by the maintenance contractor of the automated baggage handling system (SATE) at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas — Outsmart Assistance — have been holding rolling stoppages under a strike call first made in January 2025. The action has now been extended for a further two months.

Current pattern (since 18 July; current order 1 October to 30 November 2026):

  • Outsmart staff stop work on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 05:00 to 07:00 and from 13:00 to 15:00; the transport ministry's resolution of 28 September covers 1 October to 30 November.
  • The ministry sets minimum services at 50% of the scheduled maintenance staff on each strike day.
  • Staff of the second contractor, Totseriman, suspended their strike from 2 July 2026.

What to expect: this is a maintenance strike, not a handling strike — flights are not cancelled because of it, but if a belt or sorter fails during a stoppage it is repaired more slowly, so baggage delivery can be slower at T4 and T1–T3 on strike days.

The ministry's order runs until 30 November 2026; the union has changed and extended the action several times since 2025, and any further extension would appear on the ministry's minimum-services page.

This alert was originally created on 11 March 2026.

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Effective Dates

Updates

Oct 1, 2026
✎ Update
The strike continues into the autumn: the transport ministry has set minimum services for 1 October to 30 November 2026, with Outsmart maintenance staff stopping work on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 05:00 to 07:00 and from 13:00 to 15:00 at 50% minimum staffing. Totseriman staff have not been on strike since 2 July, when the company reported that their strike was suspended.
Jul 16, 2026
✎ Update
From 18 July Outsmart staff also stop work on Mondays and Saturdays, so stoppages now fall on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 05:00 to 07:00 and from 13:00 to 15:00. The ministry order for this pattern runs until 30 September.
Jul 1, 2026
✎ Update
Spain's Transport Ministry issued a new minimum-services resolution signed on 25 June 2026 and effective from 1 July 2026, confirming the ASC strike at Madrid-Barajas SATE maintenance contractors Outsmart Assistance and Totseriman continues beyond 30 June. The stoppages have been extended through 30 September 2026, with 50% minimum staffing maintained.
Jun 27, 2026
✎ Update
No fresh credible reporting found that the ASC strike by SATE baggage-system maintenance workers at Madrid-Barajas has been canceled, suspended, resumed, extended, escalated, or called off. The latest authoritative evidence still shows stoppages at Outsmart Assistance and Totseriman on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays through 30 June 2026 with 50% minimum staffing, so the strike appears to be proceeding as previously planned.
Mar 27, 2026
✎ Update
Spain’s Transport Ministry updated its minimum-service order on 27 March 2026: from 2 April 2026 the SATE maintenance stoppages at Madrid–Barajas were expanded to Fridays and the validity was extended through 30 June 2026, still with 50% minimum staffing. Times remain 05:00–07:00 and 13:00–15:00 on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays.

Organizer

  • Alternativa Sindical de Clase (ASC)

Affected Locations

  • Madrid (Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport)

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