The Provincial Council sets minimum services for Wednesday's general strike

The Provincial Council of Guadalajara has established the minimum services that will remain operational during the general strike called for Wednesday, November 11, 2026, which spans from 00:00 to 23:59 hours of that day. The decision was adopted through Resolution 2026-11262, dated November 6, 2026, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Guadalajara number 214, corresponding to Monday, November 9, 2026, within the Human Resources Area of the provincial institution.

The call was made by the Trade Union Confederations of Comisiones Obreras, the Unión General de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores, and Intersindical, among others, and affects all workers of all companies and public bodies in Spain. The resolution is based on Article 28.2 of the Spanish Constitution and Royal Decree-Law 17/1977, of March 4, on Labor Relations, taking into consideration the doctrine established by Judgment 11/1981 of the Constitutional Court, of April 8.

Who signs and with what legal coverage

The resolution was issued by Rosa Abel Muñoz Sánchez, Deputy Delegate for Public Employment and Internal Regime, using the powers delegated by the President of the Council through Decree 2023-3439, of July 20, 2023. The text appears signed in Guadalajara, on November 6, 2026, by the President, José Luis Vega Pérez.

The invoked regulatory coverage includes:

• Article 34.1 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, regulating the Bases of the Local Regime.
• Article 29 a) of Royal Legislative Decree 781/1986, of April 18.
• Article 61.12 of Royal Decree 2568/1986, of November 28, regarding the organization and functioning of local entities.
• Articles 172 and 175 of the same Royal Decree 2568/1986, for the purposes of the adoption and publication of the agreement.

Union hearing and content of the decree

The file incorporates the report from the Human Resources Service dated November 5, 2026, and the prior hearing with the union representatives of the institution, the Personnel Board, and the Works Council, a procedure that the resolution itself considers necessary to establish the minimums without undue impairment of the fundamental right.

The operative part is structured into four points:

• Establish the minimum services determined in the annex, to guarantee the operation of the essential services of the Province during the strike day.
• Entrust the Human Resources and Internal Regulations Service with the designation of the personnel who will cover those minimum services.
• Provide that failure to comply with the obligation to attend them will be sanctioned in accordance with the applicable regulations.
• State that no limitation of the right to strike is appropriate outside of what is established in the resolution itself.

The text must be notified to the Personnel Board and the Works Council, without prejudice to its publication in the Official Gazette of the Province of Guadalajara.

Proportionality criteria and territorial scope

The resolution justifies the setting of minimums based on the need to maintain a “reasonable proportion” between the sacrifices imposed on the strikers and those that the service users would bear. It emphasizes that maintaining essential services is not equivalent to guaranteeing the normal operation of the activity, but only the indispensable minimums.

Among the weighted factors are the territorial extent of the province of Guadalajara, the number of resident citizens, the circumstances occurring on the day of November 11, and the constitutionally protected rights and assets that would clash with a total interruption. The institution indicates that it has analyzed “one by one” the services it provides to citizens to determine their essentiality.

City councils as well: the case of Villanueva de la Torre

The same issue of the gazette includes the Mayoral decree of the City Council of Villanueva de la Torre, signed by Mayor Sonsoles Rico Ordóñez on November 6, 2026, which specifies its own minimum allocations after communicating the proposal on November 3 to CCOO, UGT, and the concessionary companies Suma Social y Servicios S.L., Prezero Gestión de Residuos S.A., and Técnica Auxiliar de Gestión Empresarial S.A. The approved allocations are:

• Social Services: 1 person for urgent social emergencies.
• General Administration and Urban Planning: 1 person for minimum administrative attention.
• Home Help Service: 7 people for benefits declared as urgent.
• School Concierge: 1 person for the opening and closing of centers.
• Cleaning of public buildings: 3 people, for the Medical Center, CEIP Gloria Fuertes, and CEIP Paco Rabal.
• Cocoles Municipal Nursery School: 4 people (management, kitchen, and two mixed classrooms for ages 0 to 2 and 1 to 3).

Impact for users

The publication of the minimum services allows the citizens of the province to know what care they will receive on November 11 in the services provided by the Provincial Council, from social assistance to administrative care, and allows the provincial staff to know to what extent the exercise of their right to strike is delimited. The resolution warns that there will be no additional restrictions beyond those published and that failure to comply with the services designated as minimums may be sanctioned.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Guadalajara, No. 214, November 9, 2026, Section I (announcements), pp. 1-3 (official reference: Resolution 2026-11262).