HOLIDAYMAKERS heading to sunny Spain should be aware that a tourist hotspot is set to run out of clean sheets and towels.
It comes as laundry workers in the Balearics are set to go on an indefinite strike starting tomorrow.
Discussions are in place in a bid to call off the laundry strike amid concerns tourists will be left without clean towels and bedsheets, Mallorca Bulletin reported.
The Mallorca Hotel Federation (FEHM) is confident that talks betweenstaff representatives and employers will "reach a good solution" and the strike will be called off.
Officials said: "We hope that the negotiations reach a solution and that the strike can be called off, as has happened in other sectors, to prevent it from interfering with services.
However, staff, who have been offered an increase of £17, are determined to go ahead with the strike, deeming the proposal "insufficient".
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Apart from the pay rise which would see them getting around £950 per month, workers are also looking for two consecutive days off within the working week.
The union has described the two days off as a "red line."
Additionally, workers are looking to get extra pay for night shifts.
Hotels are meant to be hit the hardest as the CCOO Habitat Balearas Union will have to provide minimum service to places like hospitals.
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If the strike goes ahead, it could have severe consequences for the region's tourism Union General Secretary Miguel Pardo said:
He noted: "It could be disastrous for tourism.
"It’s going to affect hotels full-on. There won’t be sheets or towels."
He added that the workers are being exploited and are quitting to get other jobs.
A total of 1500 workers are going to be involved in the strike unless an agreement can be reached during last-minute talks.
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