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Madrid-Barajas: SATE baggage system maintenance workers strike every Thursday, Friday and Sunday (Mar 7–Sep 30)

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Minor Airports (baggage system maintenance)

The union Alternativa Social de Clase (ASC) continues stoppages at Automated Baggage Handling System (SATE) maintenance contractors Outsmart Assistance and Totseriman at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas. A new Transport Ministry minimum-services resolution signed on 25 June 2026 confirms the action continues from 1 July through 30 September 2026, with stoppages every Thursday, Friday and Sunday and 50% minimum staffing.

This alert was originally created on 11 March 2026.

Public Impact

✈️ Airport

Effective Dates

Updates

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 29, 2026
✎ Update
Spain's Transport Ministry published a new minimum-services resolution on 25 June 2026, confirming the ASC strike by Outsmart and Totseriman SATE maintenance workers at Madrid-Barajas continues beyond 30 June. The stoppages remain on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays from 05:00 to 07:00 and 13:00 to 15:00, with 50% minimum staffing, so the strike has been extended rather than ending on 30 June 2026.
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.
May 13, 2026
📣 Announced
Manual review 2026-05-13: ASC union recurring Thu/Fri/Sun partial stoppages (05:00–07:00 + 13:00–15:00) at Madrid-Barajas SATE maintenance contractors (Outsmart Assistance, Totseriman), under State 50% minimum-service order through 30 June. Well-documented. State was empty — set to 'announced'. Admin-verified.
Apr 24, 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 Social de Clase (ASC)

Affected Locations

  • Madrid (Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport)

Sources

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