Staff at La Zagaleta – where homes start at three million euros – are blaming the British owners and Troon golf club for the loss of jobs.

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Englishman-Went-Hill-Came-Mountain/dp/6305428557?ie=UTF8&tag=cosdelcri-21&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=6305428557&tag=cosdelcri-21" /></a>WORKERS at Andalucia’s most exclusive development are threatening to strike over Easter.<br /> <br /> Half a dozen staff were laid off in cutbacks and are now manning a picket line outside the upmarket development between Ronda and Marbella.<br /> Among a dozen banners in English that line the road outside, one said: ‘English board = Fired Staff’.<br /> First developed by arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi in the 1970s, the development counts Hugh Grant<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=cosdelcri-21&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=6305428557" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and Dolph Lundgren as residents.<br /> The staff – three gardeners, a waiter, a cook and a caddy master – were laid off due to the recession and a loss of community fees, insist the owners.<br /> Now with the support of the CCOO trade union, as many as 50 of the 62 members of staff are expected to go on a seven day strike from April 18.<br /> CCOO spokeswoman, Lola Villalba, explained: “The workers are being used in a war that is being waged between Troon, the promoter of the urbanization and the board who run the club.<br /> “Both of them are fighting to seize the reins of the complex.”<br /> Both sides are still in discussion and a hearing with the Labour Dispute Settlement Service of Andalucia has been scheduled for Friday.<br /> <br /> <br /> Troon golf runs golf clubs around the world, including Turnberry golf course in Scotland, La Quinta in Marbella and others in Dubai and South Africa.<br /> A spokesman from Zagaleta said: “They want their jobs back, which is why they are protesting. We are discussing it all this Friday.”

Staff at La Zagaleta – where homes start at three million euros – are blaming the British owners and Troon golf club for the loss of jobs.

WORKERS at Andalucia’s most exclusive development are threatening to strike over Easter. Half a dozen staff were laid off in cutbacks and ...

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