General strike of November 11: the Government sets minimum services across all the Islands

The Governing Council of the Balearic Islands approved on November 6 the Agreement of the Governing Council of November 6, 2026, which establishes the measures to guarantee minimum services for essential services during the strike day of November 11, 2026, throughout the entire autonomous community. The text was published in BOIB no. 142 on November 7, in section III, p. 62541, with official reference 11294, and deploys minimum services for health, education, transport, social services, administration, and public media. The decision comes after the last meeting with representatives of the autonomous strike committee of CCOO and UGT, on November 4, 2026, ended without an agreement.

The legal framework invoked is Article 28.2 of the Spanish Constitution and Article 10 of Royal Decree-Law 17/1977, of March 4, on labor relations, interpreted by Judgment 33/1981 of the Constitutional Court, which attributes to the autonomous community the competence to establish guarantees in essential services. The Agreement is signed by the president Margarita Prohens Rigo and the secretary of the Governing Council, Antònia Maria Estarellas Torrens, at the proposal of the counselor of Labor, Public Function, and Social Dialogue.

Twelve calls and a full-day strike

The strike affects all labor and civil service activities, from 00:00 to 24:00 hours on November 11. The notices submitted are:

• Trade Union Confederation of Workers’ Commissions and Trade Union Confederation of the General Union of Workers.
• Intersindical Confederation and STEI (the latter, registered on October 11, for all workplaces in the Balearic Islands).
• General Confederation of Labor, with two notices.
• Single Union of Workers Worker Solidarity, COBAS, Direct Action Trade Union Organization, and Class Trade Union Action.
• Union of Actors and Actresses, the Autonomous Transport Union of the Balearic Islands, and the Independent, Autonomous and Unitary Union.

Minimum services must be covered primarily by personnel who do not support the strike and, if insufficient, the vacancies must be covered mandatorily. In strategic sectors not expressly provided for, operation equivalent to a Sunday is established.

Health, emergencies, and 112

Emergency services must operate normally, and special units, intensive care, coronary, hemodialysis, burns, and maternity are considered minimum care services. In urgent or critical activity (oncology, radiotherapy, dialysis, day hospital, hospital pharmacy, ECMO, and transplants), 100% attendance is required.

• Primary care, from 8:00 to 15:00: 2 doctors, 1 pediatrician, 2 nursing staff, 1 administrative assistant, and 1 nursing assistant (TCAE) per health center.
• From 15:00 to 20:00: 1 doctor, 1 nursing staff, and 1 administrative assistant.
• SUAP, 061, rapid intervention device, and mobile PAC: 100% coverage.
• 112 Service: 1 room head, 1 supervisor, 1 assistant head, and 1 systems head per shift, with 7 managers in the morning and early afternoon and 4 in the evening.

Transport: from 35% to 100% depending on the service

The metro maintains 50% of ordinary services between 10:00 and 12:00 and between 17:00 and 19:00, and 80% during the remaining time slots. The Palma-Inca-Manacor-Sa Pobla corridor operates with weekend schedules during peak hours and at 80% for the rest of the day. Additionally:

• Intercity bus and shuttle: services equivalent to Sundays and holidays.
• Ibiza-Formentera: Sunday and holiday services, as it is the only possible communication.
• Ferrocarril de Sóller, SA: two complete trips Palma-Bunyola-Sóller-Bunyola-Palma.
• Discretionary transport: 35% for trips originating or destined for the airport or the ports of Palma and Alcúdia.
• School transport: 100% of daily trips.
• Goods: supply of medicines, fuels, and basic food items.

Education, social services, and public media

Educational centers must remain open, with the director and secretary as minimum services and ratios of 1 teacher for every 3 units of early childhood and special education, for every 4 of primary, and for every 4 of secondary. In social services, the home help service reaches 100% of the staff for severe dependency and 75-100% for high dependency. The EPRTVIB must guarantee the broadcasting of IB3 with 60 staff for television news and 14 for radio, and Ports de les Illes Balears sets 100% of services at the commercial port of Ciutadella.

The island councils have also published their resolutions. The Consell Insular de Menorca establishes 60% of trunk trips, 50% of the rest, and 100% of line L15 to the Hospital General Mateu Orfila (resolution 2026/MOB/0000479, p. 62860), and sets for the ITV of Maó and Ciutadella 1 team leader, 2 inspectors, and 1 administrative staff (resolution 2026/MOB/0000480, managed by TÜV RHEINLAND CERTIO SLU, p. 62863). The Calvià City Council regulates the minimum vehicle removal services of SETEX-APARKI, S.A. (reference 11285).

With this Agreement, which exhausts the administrative route and is subject to appeal for reversal within one month or administrative litigation within two months, the Government conditions mobility, healthcare, and access to public services for all citizens during the strike day, and limits the scope of the stoppage in the sectors declared essential.

Source: Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands, no. 142, November 7, 2026, sec. III, p. 62541 (official reference: 11294).