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News Reporter: "Record numbers of stranded holidaymakers fill airports as the Spanish baggage-handlers' strike reaches its second week —"
Vernon Dursley: "Give 'em a lifelong siesta, I would."
Vernon Dursley's opinion on how he would handle the striking airport workers[src]

A Spanish baggage-handlers' strike was a labour strike among the baggage handlers of Spain that took place for at least two weeks during the summer of 1995. This strike resulted in a record number of holidaymakers being stranded on the strike's second week, a fact that was the top story of Surrey's local news on the day Harry Potter was listening to it from the Dursley's hydrangea bushes. Vernon Dursley voiced the opinion that he would fire all the striking employees.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 1 (Dudley Demented)
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