Overview
- Canal Sur’s signal cut to black at 6 p.m. during a four‑hour stoppage on Monday, interrupting live afternoon programming and brushing up against a televised debate set for later that night.
- The partial strike was called by CCOO, the Agrupación de Trabajadores and the Journalists’ Union over a demand to reserve at least 57 jobs for current temps through a merit‑only process without exams.
- UGT‑RTVA broke with the strike committee earlier in the day after citing a report by law professor Cruz Villalón that warned the no‑exam plan could be challenged and annulled in court.
- RTVA’s management said it has put forward 246 jobs in upcoming calls and insisted any reserved posts must have solid legal guarantees, arguing the stoppages threaten election coverage even with minimum service rules in place.
- Further four‑hour stoppages are set for Tuesday and Thursday, which could mean more on‑air gaps and fresh delays to hiring if legal challenges and internal disputes over staffing processes take hold.