What does the 11 November strike mean for holidaymakers?
The general strike on Wednesday 11 November 2026 lasts 24 hours and covers all of Spain, including Fuerteventura. No official notice for the island's airport, ferries or buses is known so far.
British and other media warn of possible flight cancellations and transport delays on 11 November. Which connections to and from Fuerteventura will be hit is not clear.
Minimum services are the journeys and staff that must keep running despite a strike. None are published for that day, and they usually appear only shortly before a strike.
Flight and transfer plans for 11 November are therefore uncertain. Passengers should check their airline's notices, and anyone with a booked transfer should ask the provider.
Will buses run on Fuerteventura?
No minimum services have been published for the Tiadhe buses on Fuerteventura. The same is true for health care.
During the bus strike of September 2025, minimum services of 70% applied on Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. That was a different strike and is no forecast for 11 November.
The government decides minimum services in the public sector, and for regional services that is the Gobierno de Canarias (Canary Islands government).
The unions demand that minimum services are not set at abusive levels. No decision is known as of 3 November.
Who is striking and what do the unions want?
CCOO and UGT stand behind the strike, along with smaller groups such as CGT, CNT, Co.bas and the tenants' union Confederación de Sindicatos de Inquilinas. According to the law firm Cuatrecasas, it is the first joint general strike by the two big unions since 2012.
The demands range from housing as a right to wages that cover rent and living costs, and higher pensions. The unions also protest against insecure work and the privatisation of health and education, and want the housing decrees put into effect.
Manuel Navarro, UGT general secretary in the Canary Islands, aims the strike at every body that caused “this chaos in housing and wages”. Vanesa Frahija, CCOO general secretary in the Canary Islands, calls it “betrayal” to vote against social measures for party-political reasons.
On Fuerteventura, the union CCOO Fuerteventura is calling the strike, but the details of its call were not available. Whether rallies will take place, for example in Puerto del Rosario, where, and who will speak, has not been published.
One single source names the death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal after an eviction in Madrid as the trigger. No other source has confirmed this so far.
What figures do the unions give on housing and wages?
According to the unions, 211,000 homes stand empty in the Canary Islands, and only about 1% of the housing stock is social housing. About 15% of homes are used for tourism, but there are no official figures from ISTAC (the Canary Islands statistics institute) or INE (the Spanish statistics institute).
The unions say wages are about 500 euros below the national average and rents are the highest in Spain. Neither claim has been cross-checked.
Rents in the Canary Islands rose by 68.1% between 2014 and 2024, against 39.3% in Spain, according to a published analysis. The unions want about 20% of the empty homes to be used as rental housing.
The EAPN poverty report puts the share of people at risk of poverty or exclusion at 31.2% in the Canary Islands and 25.8% in Spain. The reference year is unclear, somewhere between 2024 and 2025, and there are no figures for Fuerteventura alone.
What applies to employees and employers?
The right to strike is governed by Real Decreto-ley 17/1977, with 5 calendar days' notice, or 10 days in the public sector. The unions registered the strike with the Canary Islands labour directorate in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, but the exact date is not confirmed.
Employers must keep safety and maintenance services running with named staff, says the law firm Cuatrecasas. Temping agencies may only replace named employees who fail to turn up.
Under ruling STC 24/2026 of the Constitutional Court, firms may not replace strikers by technical workarounds. The employer deducts pay only for the time actually spent on strike.
Anyone who cannot reach their workplace because of the strike keeps full pay, according to Cuatrecasas. Whether the unions pay strike money, and how much, is not confirmed.
What happens after 11 November?
The strike falls 18 days before the early general election on 29 November 2026. The campaign starts on 13 November.
Daniel Casal, general secretary of the union FSC, is considering a further regional strike after 11 November. He has not named a date so far.
Before 11 November, expect minimum services from the Gobierno de Canarias and the Cabildo (island government), plus the demonstration venues. No statements from employers or the government have been published, and how many workers will join in is open.