Minimum services for the general strike of November 11th

The Department of Enterprise and Work has established the minimum services that must be provided in Catalonia during the general strike calls scheduled for November 11, 2026. This is done through Order EMT/220/2026, of November 5, published in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya (DOGC) no. 9789, of November 6, 2026, with the official reference CVE-DOGC-A-26309075-2026. The regulation, signed by Minister Miquel Sàmper i Rodríguez, is binding for all workers, both civil servants and contractual staff, with a workplace in Catalonia.

The text deploys Article 28.2 of the Constitution, Article 170.1.i) of the Statute, and Decree 120/1995, of March 24, which grants the head of the Department of Enterprise and Work the power to determine minimum services in strikes affecting essential services. The order argues that a general strike is a situation “qualitatively different” from a sectoral strike, due to the simultaneous impact on a plurality of sectors, and that this justifies “a weighted reduction” of the usual minimums. Before issuing it, a hearing was opened on November 2 and 3, and reports were requested from the general secretariats of fifteen departments and the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.

Thirteen organizations and a twenty-four-hour day

The preamble lists the calls registered between October 16 and 31:

• CCOO Catalunya and UGT Catalunya, registered on October 19, from 0 to 24 hours.
• General Confederation of Labor of Catalonia (CGT), October 18.
• Intersindical Alternativa de Catalunya (IAC), October 20.
• Intersindical-CSC, October 31.
• Coordinadora Obrera Sindical (COS) and Alternativa Sindical de Classe (ASC), October 30.
• Confederación Intersindical, October 16.
• CNT and SUT Solidaridad Obrera, October 23.
• COBAS (October 27), CATAC-CTS and OSAD (October 28); CCOO Catalunya also calls the building and premises cleaning sector.

The strike runs from 0 to 24 hours on November 11, with specific rules for centers that work in shifts: it begins at the first shift and ends when the last one finishes, even if it passes midnight. On November 10, persons who produce products, services, and supplies with immediate effects for the following day must cease their activity.

Percentages for essential activities

Article 1 establishes the minimums, which include:

• Emergency and urgency telephone assistance (health, public order, gender violence, firefighters, maritime rescue, utility failures): 85% of the staffing.
• Passenger transport: 25% of the usual service from 6:30 to 9:30 and from 16:30 to 21:00 at Renfe Rodalies i Regionals, Ferrocarril Metropolità de Barcelona, Transports de Barcelona, Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat, and Tram Barcelona.
• Bus between Barcelona and the airport: 50%, with a guaranteed round trip.
• Transport for people with disabilities and school transport without alternatives: usual service.
• Highways and towing services: one third of the usual staff and service.
• Funeral services: 85% for the collection of the deceased and 50% for administrative tasks.
• Public radio and television: 50% of news content and emergency notices.
• Private security: 70% in value deposits, petrochemical and nuclear facilities; 75% in public transport and telecommunications; 80% in escorts; 60% in alarm centers.

Health, education and social services

In SISCAT centers, the normal operation of emergency services and special units (intensive care, coronary, hemodialysis, neonatology, delivery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy) is guaranteed, while primary care is provided with 25% of the staff. Cleaning is fully maintained in high-risk areas, on-call pharmacies operate normally, and the Blood and Tissue Bank operates at 50%.

In non-university education, one person from the management team per center is required, one teacher for every six early childhood and primary units, 50% of the staff in special education, and 33% in nurseries and during dining hall hours. Telecare operates at 85%, nursing homes and residences for people with disabilities follow the public holiday regime, and social dining halls operate as they would on a weekend.

Administration, justice and public entities

• Registries, citizen service offices, and telephony: 3 people (four in the Administrative District) and one person per organic management unit.
• Autonomous Entity of the DOGC: 10% of the staff.
• Administration of Justice: 100% of the personnel assigned to on-call duties and between 30% and 50% in common processing services.
• Prisons: 100% of the management staff and the same service as a public holiday for interior and services.
• Firefighters, Civil Protection, Catalan Traffic Service, and Rural Agents Corps: on-call staff, room operators, and territorial units according to the shift.

Article 2 obliges companies and the Administration to determine the strictly necessary personnel, excluding those on strike committees, and to prioritize those who do not exercise the right to strike with a formal communication of the designation. Article 4 requires the parties to provide sufficient publicity so that the citizenry is aware of the call.

Source: DOGC, no. 9789, November 6, 2026, section I, Other provisions, p. 1/15 (official reference: CVE-DOGC-A-26309075-2026).