Overview
- A group of teachers on indefinite strike used available audience slots to enter the Telemadrid studio and interrupt the live airing of La Tarde on Tuesday.
- Presenter Christian Gálvez confronted the protesters on air, denounced their method, defended his ties to public education, and cut to a commercial break to end the disruption.
- On the same day more than 100 teachers briefly blocked the A-42 at Puente de Praga for about 40 minutes as part of coordinated actions to press for talks.
- The interruption comes during the strike’s 16th day and follows weeks of mobilization around demands for lower class sizes, fewer teaching hours, higher pay, and more staff and resources for special-needs students.
- The regional Consejería says negotiation channels remain open but Mercedes Zarzalejo calls the cost of the teachers’ demands 'totally unaffordable,' and the incident has raised questions about studio access controls at the public broadcaster.