UK, Italy, Netherlands: Travel strikes planned for September
3 min readOur travel guide is updated as soon as a new European strike is announced.
ADVERTISEMENTStrikes are a regular occurrence in Europe, as employees withhold their labour to fight for better pay and conditions.
Walkouts are sometimes planned months ahead but others are announced last minute, showing that it always pays to check before you travel.
Luckily, we have gathered all of the strike information together below.
Read on to find out where and when are walkouts taking place.
If your flight or train is cancelled or delayed, you will be entitled to a new ticket or compensation. Read our guide for the full details.
UK: Staff at Heathrow Airport begin four-day walkout
Hundreds of Border Force staff at London Heathrow Airport are on strike from 31 August until 3 September in a dispute over working hours.
Disruption could continue throughout the month, as workers will also refuse to work overtime between 4-22 September.
Workers say that inflexible rosters are causing stress and mental health struggles.
UK train strikes suspended
Train driver strikes at London North Eastern Railway (LNER) planned for weekends between 31 August and 10 November have been called off after a last-minute deal was reached.
Minor strikes on the London Underground planned for 4 September have also been called off.
Threatened industrial action by train drivers at Scotland’s ScotRail has also been put on hold thanks to a new pay offer, which union members will vote on by 25 September.
In the meantime, however, a reduced number of services continues to run as some staff members have been refusing to work overtime since July.
ScotRail runs trains between big tourist destinations like Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness.
Italy: Strikes planned after peak summer season
Italy’s transport sector is forbidden from going on strike between 27 July and 5 September, when most Italians take their holidays, meaning disruption at the height of the summer is unlikely.
After that date, a number of strikes are planned.
ADVERTISEMENTItaly airport strikes: 7 September 2024
If you are flying to, from or across Italy on 7 September you may experience delays or cancellations.
Pilots and cabin staff at Italy’s flagship carrier ITA Airways and budget airline Wizz Air plan to strike from 1-5pm.
Air traffic controllers at Rome Fiumicino and Olbia Airport, and baggage handlers at Milan Malpensa, Florence Amerigo Vespucci and Pisa Galileo Galilei plan to walk out over the same four-hour period.
Italy’s Civil Aviation Authority’s website will be updated with further details on possible disruption closer to 7 September.
ADVERTISEMENTItaly nationwide rail strike: 8 September 2024
Train passengers in Italy may experience disruption on Sunday 8 September as drivers, conductors and other on-board staff around Italy plan to strike for 24 hours.
The protest could impact both regional trains and long-distance services operated by state-owned Trenitalia and private company Italo.
Italy nationwide public transport strikes
Public transport passengers may face delays and/or cancellations on Monday 9 September as staff at bus, tram and commuter train operators around the country plan to strike for eight hours.
The timing and impact of the strike, which is backed by some of Italy’s main transport unions, will vary from city to city.
ADVERTISEMENTAnother public transport strike, this one lasting 24 hours, is planned for 20 September.
France: Motorway strikes hit summer holidays
Workers on France’s Autoroutes du Sud (ASF) and Vinci motorways have begun a summer of strikes in protest over falling staff numbers.
Weekend walkouts earlier this month hit holidaymakers heading out on their first trips of the summer break.
It is not yet clear whether further strike action will take place in the coming weeks.
ADVERTISEMENTNetherlands: Public transport strikes planned in September
A public transport strike has been announced in the Netherlands’ biggest cities on 11 September – a day earlier than initially planned – with more walkouts possible.
It comes ahead of the Cabinet’s budget proposal, which workers hope will include plans to allow those in physically demanding jobs to retire earlier.
Services in Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam will be impacted.
If you know of a big strike happening in your country that we have missed, we’d love to hear from you via Twitter.
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