{
  "id": 15843412,
  "title": "The Ayuso Government refuses to negotiate with striking teachers: “It’s intolerable, they’re disdaining us”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/el-gobierno-de-ayuso-se-niega-a-negociar-con-los-profesores-en-huelga",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T03:30:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais",
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/espana/madrid/2026-10-21/el-gobierno-de-ayuso-se-niega-a-negociar-con-los-profesores-en-huelga-es-intolerable-nos-estan-despreciando.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "A week after the education strike in Madrid began, the Education Department has no plans to meet with teachers. Thousands of public school teachers have joined the strike, with high participation rates according to unions, and have demonstrated daily to push for dialogue. However, Education Minister Mercedes Zarzalejo has refused to engage with the strike or its organizers, dismissing their demands as outside the scope of the Madrid regional government's education management. Zarzalejo has declined to recognize the Strike Committee as a legitimate interlocutor.",
  "summary": "After a week of strikes, the Education Department is not considering calling a dialogue table with those who called for the strikes. They accuse them of promoting a \"political\" protest and making demands that are \"not within the reach\" of the Community of Madrid.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}