Health Ministry sets minimum services for the general strike on November 11

The Department of Health of the Government of Navarra will keep citizen services open during the 24-hour general strike called for Wednesday, November 11, 2026. This is established by FORAL ORDER 447E/2026, dated November 4, signed by Councilor Fernando Domínguez Cunchillos, and published in the Official Gazette of Navarra number 224, dated November 10, 2026, in section I.7 (Others), pages 39674 and 39675. The regulation sets the essential minimum services and nominally designates the personnel who must report to their posts on that day.

A 24-hour strike across the entire Foral Administration

The trade union organizations CGT, CCOO, UGT, CNT, ELA, LAB, STEILAS, ESK, and CO.BAS have called a strike affecting all personnel, both contractual and civil servants, serving in the Administration of the Foral Community of Navarra and its autonomous bodies. The strike will begin at 00:00 hours on November 11, 2026, and is expected to last 24 hours.

The foral order limits its scope to the Department of Health, excluding its autonomous bodies. The Department justifies the minimums based on the need for the right to strike to be compatible with the functioning of public services and, specifically, with administrative care and the internal communication of the department.

Services being maintained

According to the first section of the provision, the exercise of the strike must respect the following essential minimum services:

• Citizen Service Desk: 1 administrative staff member.
• Citizen Service Desk: 1 general services staff member.

The order links these two positions to two specific functions: citizen service at the registration office and the transport of documentation between the Department of Health and the centers attached to the department. The text emphasizes that this communication is essential for the Navarre Health Service-Osasunbidea and, indirectly, for the provision of healthcare to the population.

Designated personnel and processing

The second section identifies the two people who will cover the minimums, the failure of which is considered illegal and generates liability:

• Administrative staff: Arantxa Goenaga Batalla.
• General services staff: María Luz Valencia Sainz de Baranda.

The General Directorate of Public Service forwarded the proposal to the Strike Committee and, on November 4, 2026, communicated that no allegations had been received from the convening unions. The order is notified to the Strike Committee, the interested parties, the Technical General Secretariat of the Department of Health, the Navarre Health Service-Osasunbidea, and the General Directorate of Public Service. An administrative appeal (recurso de alzada) may be filed against the resolution, which does not exhaust administrative remedies, before the Government of Navarre within one month from the day following its notification.

Legal basis and other published minimums

The competence to establish essential services derives from Article 10 of Royal Decree-Law 17/1977, of March 4, and Articles 49 and 58.1.b) of Organic Law 13/1982, of August 10, on the Reintegration and Improvement of the Foral Regime of Navarre, together with Article 41 of Foral Law 14/2004, of December 3. The order also invokes Foral Decree 119/2002, of June 10, which empowers counselors to determine minimums after hearing from the unions.

The call for a strike has forced other administrations to approve their own minimums in the same bulletin. The City Council of the Valle de Egüés issued Mayoral Resolution number 3702, of November 4, 2026, which guarantees citizen services, basic social services, janitors in public schools, and infant schools for children aged 0 to 3 managed by the public company Andacelay, SL (pages 39802 to 39804). That resolution places the strike within the framework of a general 24-hour call across Spain, proposed in demand of salary improvements, access to affordable housing, reduction of the working day, and measures against the rising cost of living.

The previous day, the Official Gazette of Navarre number 223 had already published FORAL ORDER 63/2026, of November 4, from the Counselor of Social Rights, Social Economy, and Employment, regarding the minimums for social services facing the same general strike.

Impact on citizens

Citizens who need to submit documentation to the Department of Health on November 11 will find the registration office operational, but with a staff reduced to two people for the entire day. The order confirms that the strike will be massive within the Foral Administration and that minimum services are limited to what is strictly essential; therefore, it is advisable to postpone non-urgent procedures.

Source: Official Gazette of Navarre, number 224, of November 10, 2026, section I.7 (Others), pp. 39674-39675 (official reference: FORAL ORDER 447E/2026).