Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) announced on Thursday evening that it has reached agreement with the unions on the application of the 35-hour working week in the company from 1 May. They also stressed in a statement from the state company that the agreement with the strike committee includes “the restoration of trade union rights and a future commitment to increase the budget for social action when regulations allow”. In this sense, the company’s management views “very positively” the achievement of this agreement with the relevant authorizations, although acknowledging that “it has been a difficult process, but very necessary”. In this sense, he insists, it has been achieved “thanks to the dialogue and cooperation of all parties involved”. Cancellations called off With the signing of this agreement, the partial closures announced in advance by the Intercentre Committee are called off. The unions called the protests on April 19 and 26 demanding a 35-hour week. The interim chairman of RTVE and its board of directors, Elena Sánchez Caballero, has already made progress in her appearance before the Senate’s RTVE parliamentary scrutiny committee that tackling the 35-hour workday was “extremely important” for the company. His main argument is that it affects the employees of the company in relation to the organization of work.
Source: La Verdad
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