Briefing
The Gobierno de Aragón and the Delegación del Gobierno have issued in the Boletín Oficial de Aragón (BOA) the sectoral orders setting minimum services for the general strike called for Wednesday, 11 November 2026. The orders cover education, regional bus services, healthcare, care facilities, justice and the Autonomous Community’s public broadcaster. They were signed or published in the BOA on 9 and 10 November and came into force before the strike began.
For non-university education – state, state-subsidised and private schools – staffing of 25 per cent of teaching staff is required; at least one member of the school management team must be present at each school. The education department justifies this on the grounds that minors who attend the facilities on the strike day must be cared for and supervised. School transport must operate for the morning journeys to school at the scheduled times.
For regional bus services, the orders set minimum levels of around 40 per cent of usual services on the busiest interurban routes during the morning peak; lower quotas apply at other times. The same applies to urban and other bus services, whose specific percentages are set out in separate orders and operator notices. The national transport minister has also set certain minimum service levels nationwide, for example for Cercanías and airport links; regional authorities supplement these requirements locally.
In healthcare, emergency departments, emergency services and critical units must remain fully operational; hospitals, health centres and care homes are given specific minimum staffing levels to ensure acute care. Courts are to handle only urgent proceedings with reduced staffing. The orders are based on the national framework law on minimum services during industrial action and relevant BOE publications on sectoral orders.
Eleven unions had announced the strike, including the major federations and several regional organisations. Employers and public administrations alike must adapt their service and staffing plans at short notice; reliable figures on participation and the actual impact will only be available after the deployment figures have been analysed.
Editor: Clara Simonichek (Article created with AI assistance).