Overview
- A coalition of national and regional unions has called a 24‑hour general strike for 11 November to protest higher living costs and housing shortages.
- Regional governments have published different mandatory minimums that will shape disruption, with Catalonia ordering 25% peak public transport service and Madrid requiring 80% of Metro trains in peak hours.
- The maquinistas union SEMAF has separate rail actions planned for 10 November (a 24‑hour stoppage) and partial shifts on 12 November after talks with Transport Minister Carlos Cuerpo failed to secure a deal to suspend those strikes.
- Services minima cover far more than transport and include specific staffing levels for hospitals, primary care and schools plus unusual items such as TV makeup crews and animal care at research centres, all set in official regional orders.
- Spanish law says authorities, not companies, must set compulsory services minima and a court fined Laboratorios Liconsa for imposing unilateral minima, a precedent that could shape legal challenges and operations during the strike and related talks.