Overview
- The Generalitat published a formal order on Thursday, November 5 that establishes legally binding minimum service levels for the general strike scheduled on 11 November.
- Public transport operators must run 25% of normal services during morning and evening peak hours (06:30–09:30 and 16:30–21:00) while the Barcelona–airport bus must operate at 50%.
- Hospitals will keep urgent care, intensive care units, dialysis, births and oncology treatments fully functioning while primary care centres must staff 25% of their teams and emergency telephone lines and teleassistance are set at 85%.
- Schools, nurseries and special-education centres have detailed minima such as one manager per school and one teacher per six primary class groups, guardia and meal services at 33% and special education at 50%, while care homes will operate on a holiday staffing model or at 85% if they keep a normal weekday roster.
- The order responds to thirteen union calls including CCOO and UGT and reflects a routine Catalan practice of setting 'servicios mínimos' to balance the right to strike with public safety and continuity, a move that will shape operators', employers' and citizens' logistics for 11 November.