The Pain in Spain for Controllers of the Plane—Dictatorship Continues

[Modern School]

Spain has extended dictatorial powers militarizing its aviation industry until mid-January. The “State of Alarm” rule allowing the government to place air traffic controllers under military control is a holdover from the Franco dictatorship, first enacted in 1969 and not seen since Franco’s death in the mid-1970s. The law was initially imposed on air traffic controllers on December 4, and allows the military to arrest and imprison any worker who refuses to work

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