TUPE regulations are - as you may well be aware not quite as simple as "transfer the employee over to new contractor" and all will be rosey in the garden. Through most competitive contracts - including UK - where TUPE applies - the new contractor will include costs for transfer liability and also show costs excluding TUPE liability -after which the issuing authority - (that who is placing contract) shall consider what is the best course of action - in terms of dealing with the staff subject to transfer . Further in just about all cases, despite TUPE being followed - redundancy does follow usually within the first 12 months of operation. Further in most competitive contracts - staff numbers will ultimately be reduced.
Wild cat striking is relatively common in Spain.While ofcourse it is very unfortunate for all pax and operators being caught up in theis sequence of events it had been bubbling over for a period of time and has been very badly managed by the senior management team.