Four regional ministries set minimum services for the general strike on 11-N

The Official Gazette of Castilla-La Mancha publishes this Monday, November 9, 2026, in issue number 214 and within section I of General Provisions, the resolutions by which four departments of the Governing Council establish the minimum services for the general strike called for November 11. The measures cover healthcare and public health ([2026/8064]), regular public passenger transport ([2026/7997]), the Public Radio and Television Entity of Castilla-La Mancha ([2026/8062]), and Social Welfare centers managed indirectly ([2026/8068]).

The call, promoted by CCOO, UGT, and CGT along with CIT, CNT, SUT Solidaridad Obrera, Co.Bas, OSAD, and ASC, spans 24 hours, from 00:00 to 24:00 on November 11, and affects all workers in the state’s public and private sectors. In centers with multiple shifts, the strike begins with the first shift even if it starts before midnight and concludes at the end of the last shift started that day. The resolutions are based on Article 10 of Royal Decree-Law 17/1977, of March 4, and Decree 78/2010, of June 1, which grants each regional ministry the competence to determine essential services.

Health: emergency services at one hundred percent and holiday staffing in hospitals

The resolution from the Regional Ministry of Health, signed on November 6 by Minister Jesús Fernández Sanz, establishes the minimums in the ministry’s centers and those of the Castilla-La Mancha Health Service (Sescam), both directly and indirectly managed. The health response service (CCU), the Autonomous Coordination Unit for Transplants of Castilla-La Mancha, and emergency land health transport, as well as transport linked to oncological treatments and hemodialysis, are guaranteed at 100%; air health transport maintains 100% of the means with physical presence and usual response times.

In hospitals, the presence of staff typical of a holiday is ensured, as well as scheduled dialysis activity, the onco-hematological day hospital, and radiation oncology. The epidemiological surveillance network will have an on-call technician in the central services, in the delegations of Albacete, Cuenca, and Guadalajara, and in the health areas of Toledo and Talavera de la Reina, and a section head in Ciudad Real.

• Official veterinary and pharmaceutical services: one district head or one official practitioner per health district in the five provinces.
• Slaughterhouses: official veterinarians in locations such as Tarancón (1 team leader and 7 veterinarians), Villar de Olalla, Valdepeñas, or Talavera de la Reina.
• Pharmaceutical distribution: 40% of the staff to guarantee storage and delivery to pharmacies and hospitals.

Transport: 1,039 school routes and half of the trips

The Regional Ministry of Public Works, through a resolution dated November 3 by Minister Ignacio Hernando Serrano, applies three scales to regular general-use services: for one to six full trips, one outbound and one return trip are maintained; between six and ten, two outbound and two return; and above ten, 40% of the trips between 6:00 and 9:00 and between 18:00 and 21:00, and 20% for the rest of the day. The resulting ratio is equal to or less than 50%.

In school transport, which has 1,039 routes and 25,196 students in the region, all routes originating or stopping in sparsely populated areas or areas at risk of depopulation according to Law 2/2021 are maintained, as are all those leading to special education centers and the outbound trip for the rest.

Radio and television: 111 staff for news and alerts

The resolution of the Second Vice Presidency, signed by José Manuel Caballero Serrano on November 6, limits the activity of Castilla-La Mancha Media to news slots and emergency coverage, with 0% staffing for the production of non-news programs. The overall percentage agreed upon with the unions on October 29 is 27.96% of the planned workforce.

• Public Entity: 12 staff out of 88 planned (13.64%).
• Radio Castilla-La Mancha: 16 out of 39 (41.03%).
• Regional Television: 83 out of 270 (30.74%).
• Programming: «Castilla-La Mancha Despierta» (9:00-10:00), «Noticias de las 2» (14:00-14:45) and «Noticias de las 8» (20:00-20:30) on television; on radio, «Castilla-La Mancha Hoy», «a las 2», «en Juego» and «a las 8».

Additionally, the official agreed text regarding the strike will be broadcast every 30 minutes on television, radio, and digital media.

Social Welfare: public holiday minimums in contracted centers

The Regional Ministry of Social Welfare, in a resolution dated November 6 by Minister Bárbara García Torijano, establishes for regional-owned centers managed indirectly the same staffing levels as a public holiday. The designation of personnel corresponds to the management or contracting companies of each service. All resolutions take effect on the day of their publication and allow for a request for reconsideration within one month or a contentious-administrative appeal within two months before the High Court of Justice of Castilla-La Mancha.

The impact is direct for users of public services: those who go to a health center, depend on a school route or the intercity bus, live in a residence, or watch regional television will know in advance what care they will find on November 11, and the affected companies and managements already have the framework to designate the personnel who must work that day.

Source: Official Gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, no. 214, November 9, 2026, sec. I, pp. 39311-39316, 39342-39348, 39349-39352 and 39353-39354 (official references: 2026/8062, 2026/7997, 2026/8064 and 2026/8068).