Latest situation Aug 14th(Quoted from Typically Spanish online newspaper):

“Air Traffic Controllers and AENA sign ‘minimal agreement‘
By h.b. – Aug 14, 2010 – 9:11 AM
The President of USCA union, Camilo Cela (left), and the President of AENA, Juan Lema, shake hands after signing the deal – (Photo omitted by poster).The President of USCA union, Camilo Cela (left), and the President of AENA, Juan Lema, shake hands after signing the deal.
It ends five months of conflicts but still has to be ratified by the workers

Spanish Air Traffic Controllers and AENA, the Spanish Airport Authority, have signed the ‘minimal agreement’ which still has to be ratified by the workers assembly, and that is now not expected until next week.

The document was signed on Friday evening by Juan Lema, the President of AENA, and Camilo Ceal, President of the USCA union. It includes a wage of 200,000 € for the controllers who will have a maximum working year of 1670 hours, with shifts arranged ‘in function of the responsibility of each position’. Lower positions will have fewer working hours, down to 1,200 in some cases.

The agreement guarantees the service in airports as well as ‘social and labour peace’ and ends what have been five months of conflicts.

Development Minister, José Blanco, who is responsible for the wage cuts and restructuring of the sector, described the news of the agreement as ‘good news for everybody, especially AENA, the controllers and the tourism industry’.