Fixed mobility minimum services for the general strike on November 11

The Regional Ministry of Mobility, Environment and Emergency Management of the Principality of Asturias has established the minimum transport services to be provided during the general strike called for November 11, 2026. The decision was adopted through the Resolution of November 4, 2026, published in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias (BOPA) no. 216, of November 9, 2026, with the official reference 2026-09194. The scope covers passenger transport, freight transport, cable transport, and auxiliary activities under regional jurisdiction.

The call, promoted by several trade union organizations at the state and regional levels, affects all labor and civil service activities of the companies and agencies of the Spanish State. The ministry justifies the measure based on Article 28.2 of the Spanish Constitution, Article 10 of Royal Decree-Law 17/1977, of March 4, on labor relations, and Royal Decree 635/1984, of March 26, on the guarantee of the provision of minimum services in road transport.

The document emphasizes that public road passenger transport is “one of the backbone axes of the Asturian economy” and that, in many cases, it is the only collective means available for commuting for work, studies, or medical assistance. The resolution is limited to services that run entirely within Asturian territory; itineraries that exceed the boundaries of the community fall under the jurisdiction of the state authority.

Regular passenger transport: ratios according to trips

The annex of the resolution establishes the minimums for regular services of general use based on the number of daily trips:

• Up to 5 daily trips: 1 round-trip service.
• From 6 to 10 daily trips: 2 round-trip services.
• More than 10 daily trips: 25% of the services will be maintained.

For the calculation, rounding will be done up or down depending on whether the resulting decimal fraction is equal to or greater than five tenths, or lower.

School transport, day centers, and worker transport

In regular services of special use, school transport and transport destined for day centers and integration support centers must cover the first outbound trip to the center and the last return trip. For worker transport, one outbound and one return service per shift will be required.

The ministry argues that in school transport, a balance must be sought between the right to education under Article 27 of the Spanish Constitution and the right to strike, a criterion it extends to people attended to in day centers and similar resources.

Freight, water, and steel industry

Companies operating with salaried drivers must carry out the necessary trips to ensure the transport of perishable, sanitary, and essential products, as well as the functioning of production chains. The following are included:

• Blast furnaces, coke batteries, mineral parks, sinter plants, and steelworks.
• Wastewater treatment plants (EDAR) and drinking water treatment plants (ETAP).
• Medical and pharmaceutical products and everything necessary for hospitals, health centers, and nursing homes.

In steel facilities, only movements whose suspension would generate serious risks to people or the environment will be covered, without guaranteeing ordinary production levels.

Bulnes Funicular and business obligations

Cable passenger transport, referring to the Bulnes Funicular, will maintain 25% of its services. Auxiliary activities—stations, workshops, and maintenance—will be limited to what is indispensable to sustain the aforementioned minimums, without extending to ordinary operations.

Affected companies must individually and reliably request the designated personnel and present, on the day of publication and in any case before the start of the strike, the schedule of hours, itineraries, and trips to the Asturias Transport Consortium. They are also obliged to publicize this schedule.

The resolution, signed in Oviedo on November 4, 2026, by the Councilor for Mobility, Environment, and Emergency Management, concludes the administrative process. An administrative appeal may be filed against it before the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of the Principality of Asturias within two months, or an optional appeal for reversal before the head of the department within one month, provided they are not filed simultaneously.

The impact is direct for users of regional transport, who will see their frequencies reduced on November 11, and for the concessionaires, who are obliged to reorganize shifts and publish their schedules in advance. The regulation makes it clear that the minimums do not limit the rights that strike legislation recognizes for personnel.

Source: Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias, no. 216, of November 9, 2026, section I (Other Provisions), pp. 1-3 (official reference: 2026-09194).