The Andalusian election campaign enters a critical phase with a new front opened: the strike at Canal Sur could directly affect the electoral debate scheduled for May 11. The strike committee has rejected the proposals of the channel's management, which keeps the strikes called in full campaign.
Strikes in the middle of the election campaign
The strike will materialize in four-hour partial stoppages during May 11, 12, and 14, coinciding with key moments of the electoral calendar.
From the RTVA they warn that these mobilizations can alter the development of the Electoral Coverage Plan and affect citizens' right to receive political information, as set out in electoral legislation.
The main focus is on the debate between candidates, whose broadcast could be compromised if a last-minute agreement is not reached.
Total clash between management and unions
Negotiations between Canal Sur management and the strike committee have stalled after several meetings without agreement. The company claims to have presented written alternatives, but denounces that they have been rejected.
The main point of conflict is the union's demand to reserve at least 57 positions for temporary workers in future access processes, outside the ordinary competitive examination system.
The management rejects this measure considering that it has no legal basis and defends the need to guarantee legal certainty in any contracting process.
Union division
The internal tension has also spilled over to the unions. UGT has distanced itself from the strike, considering that some demands raise legal doubts, which shows the lack of consensus within the workers' representation.
Minimum services and cross-accusations
The strike committee has denounced the imposition of “disproportionate” minimum services, reaching 100% in some departments, which they consider an attempt to neutralize the protest.
For its part, management maintains that its objective is to guarantee public service and criticizes the use of strikes as a pressure tool to modify the company's access system.
Broader Claims
Beyond the immediate conflict, workers are demanding a structural employment plan, the filling of vacancies, improvements in human resources planning, and the recovery of labor rights.
They also demand strengthening territorial centers and advancing in collective bargaining, in a context of growing tension in the public entity.
A political showdown
The labor conflict at Canal Sur arrives at an especially sensitive moment and with direct impact on the electoral campaign. If there is no agreement, the electoral debate could be altered or conditioned, which would open a new political front in full race to the polls.
A few days before one of the key events of the campaign, the uncertainty remains open: the strike is not only labor-related, it also threatens to alter the Andalusian electoral map.