Aragón guarantees 100% of subsidized school transport during the general strike

The Department of Economy, Competitiveness and Employment of the Government of Aragon has established the minimum services for school transport in subsidized and private non-university educational centers for the general strike on November 11, 2026. This is done through Order ECE/1638/2026, dated November 10, published in the Official Gazette of Aragon number 218, dated November 11, 2026 (reference BOA20261111021). The regulation arrives on the same day as the strike day and takes effect from its publication.

From 100% in special education to entry and exit routes

The order establishes two coverage blocks, both at one hundred percent and both referring exclusively to the day of November 11:

• 100% in special education transport throughout the day.
• 100% in school transport on entry routes whose start and end are between 7:00 and 10:00 hours.
• 100% on exit routes, from 13:30 to 19:00 hours.

No coverage is imposed outside of these time slots. The order specifies that the affected companies, following a report from workers’ representatives, will determine the personnel strictly necessary to guarantee the provision, and that these services will be covered preferably by personnel who do not exercise the right to strike.

A precedent from one day prior: only public centers

The text acknowledges that school transport for subsidized and private centers had been left out of the first regulation. Order ECE/1627/2026, dated November 9, issued after receiving proposals from the various departments, established minimum services in education for public, subsidized, and private centers, “setting minimum services in school transport only in the case of public centers.”

The gap is now closed: dated November 10, 2026, the Department of Education, Science and Universities proposed the establishment of minimum services in school transport in subsidized and private centers, and the signing counselor resolved upon the proposal of that department.

Who is calling the strike, who is affected, and under what legal protection

The call for a general strike for November 11, 2026, is signed by eleven organizations:

• General Confederation of Labour (CGT)
• Intersindical Confederation
• Workers’ Commissions (CCOO)
• General Union of Workers (UGT)
• Trade Union Organization of Workers of Aragon (OSTA)
• Aragonese Workers’ Union
• Workers’ Solidarity
• National Confederation of Labour (CNT)
• Base Commissions (COBAS)
• Direct Action Trade Union Organization
• Class Trade Union Alternative

The personal scope extends to all workers in the Autonomous Community of Aragon across all productive sectors and all workplaces; the territorial scope covers all of Aragon; and the temporal scope runs from 00:00 to 23:59 hours on November 11, 2026.

The order is based on Article 28.2 of the Constitution and Article 10, second paragraph, of Royal Decree-Law 17/1977, of March 4, on labor relations. It further invokes the doctrine of the Constitutional Court (judgments 26/1981, of July 17, and 53/1996, of May 5) regarding the notion of essential services, and notes that competence was delegated to the head of the department competent in labor relations by Agreement of May 9, 2017, of the Government of Aragon, within the framework of the Decree of May 3, 2026, and Decree 27/2026, of May 4.

Validity, limits, and appeals

The order takes effect on the day of its publication and shall cease to be effective if the strike is called off. It adds that it does not limit the rights that the regulations governing strikes recognize for personnel not employed in the coverage of essential services, nor does it affect the processing or effects of the petitions motivating the strike. Against this regulation, which exhausts the administrative route, a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed before the High Court of Justice of Aragon, in accordance with Article 114 of Law 39/2015 and Article 60 of Law 5/2021. Signed in Zaragoza on November 10, 2026, by the Minister of Economy, Competitiveness, and Employment, Eva Valle Maestro.

The decision directly affects families using school routes in subsidized and private centers and the transport companies that operate them: the established hourly coverage requires drivers and vehicles to be available during entry and exit time slots, including special education transport, while the rest of the day remains without guaranteed service.

Source: Official Gazette of Aragon, No. 218, November 11, 2026, Section III (official reference: BOA20261111021).