Minimum services of two departments ahead of the general strike on the 11th

The ministries of Social Services, Families and Equality and of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Development and Public Administration have established the minimum essential services that their civil service personnel must maintain during the general strike on November 11, 2026. They do so through separate resolutions from their respective vice-ministries, dated November 5, which are published in the Official Gazette of the Regional Government of Andalusia (BOJA) no. 217, of November 10, 2026, within the other provisions section. The gazette is released barely one day before the strike, meaning the minimums are known with only a 24-hour margin.

Issue 217 of the BOJA, corresponding to Tuesday, November 10, 2026 (year XLVIII), includes in its section 3, “Other provisions,” two resolutions with the same objective and a nearly identical statement: to guarantee the maintenance of the public service provided by the civil service personnel assigned to each ministry on the occasion of the general strike, through the establishment of minimum essential services. Neither of the two regulations introduces permanent organizational changes: their validity is linked to the day of the strike.

The jurisdictional framework is not neutral. Presidential Decree 9/2026, of July 9, assigned the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Development and Public Administration the strategic planning competencies for the promotion, modernization, and rationalization of the Administration of the Regional Government of Andalusia, which explains why it is this department—and no other—that regulates the minimums for administrative personnel during the strike.

Social Services, Families and Equality: two pages of minimums

The Resolution of November 5, 2026, of the Vice-Ministry of Social Services, Families and Equality, is published with the official reference text no. 14725 and a length of two pages in BOJA no. 217. Its scope is the civil service personnel assigned to the ministry, on the occasion of the general strike of November 11, 2026.

The text is limited to ordering the guarantee of public service through minimum essential services, without the published resolution detailing a specific percentage of staff in its statement. The ministry is responsible for social services, families, dependency, and equality policies, so its minimums condition the care that the services under its competence will continue to provide during the strike day.

Artificial Intelligence and Public Administration: three pages

The second resolution, also of November 5, 2026, corresponds to the Vice-Ministry of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Development and Public Administration, is identified as text no. 14721 and occupies three pages. It is the longer of the two and affects the civil service personnel of the department that assumes the management of the General Administration of the Regional Government.

Its scope is, therefore, that of administrative and digital development services, including the procedures that citizens carry out before the regional Administration. The resolution closes with the same formula as that of Social Services: to guarantee the maintenance of the public service through the establishment of minimum essential services during November 11.

The third department: Environment, on November 9

The publication on November 10 is not an isolated case. BOJA no. 216, from Monday, November 9, 2026, had already included the Resolution of November 4, 2026, of the Vice-Ministry of the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment, with reference text no. 14639 and two pages.

In total, three ministries have regulated their minimums in two consecutive issues of the bulletin, with resolutions signed between November 4 and 5. The pattern is homogeneous: same signing body —the Vice-Ministry—, same title, and same purpose, which points to a common instruction from the Junta for the entire regional Administration in the face of the strike call.

What changes for the citizen

For users of social services and administrative procedures, the practical consequence is that public attention is not completely interrupted on November 11: the resolutions determine which part of the activity is considered essential and, therefore, which services will remain operational compared to the rest, which may be affected by the strike.

The publication on November 10 leaves staff and citizens with no room to adapt, and shifts the concrete application of the minimums to the managers of each center and service. The three resolutions thus remain as the official reference to determine what care should be provided during the strike day.

Source: Official Gazette of the Junta de Andalucía (BOJA), no. 217, November 10, 2026, 3. Other provisions, page 14725 (official references: text no. 14725 and text no. 14721).