What changes for bus passengers on 11 November?
The Cabildo de La Gomera (the island government) announced on 9 November that GuaguaGomera will run 80% minimum service on Wednesday 11 November. GuaguaGomera is the island's public bus operator, and the Cabildo says it wants to keep people moving while respecting the right to strike.
The port and the airport stay connected to the bus network, according to the Cabildo. The same goes for the links between the municipalities and the capital, San Sebastián de La Gomera.
For visitors and residents, that means the bus will run, but not every journey is certain. The announcement names six lines on which individual departures may be affected.
The Cabildo writes that the listed journeys could be affected. It does not say whether they will be cancelled, moved or are simply examples.
Which departures does the Cabildo name?
On line 1, the departure from Valle Gran Rey at 14:30 is listed. The return from San Sebastián at 18:30 is on the list too.
Line 3 links Alajeró with San Sebastián, and the 13:30 departure is affected. The return at 15:30 is also named.
On line 2, the journey from Vallehermoso to San Sebastián at 15:30 is listed, with the return at 18:30. Line 8 runs from Vallehermoso to Valle Gran Rey at 17:00 and back at 18:30.
Two more lines also start in Vallehermoso. Line 4 goes to La Dama at 12:00 and returns at 13:30, while line 5 leaves at 13:30 and returns at 14:30.
The announcement gives the destination of line 5 as Alojera. The Cabildo does not say whether it means Alajeró.
What should travellers do now?
Anyone travelling around the island on the afternoon of 11 November should allow a generous time buffer. A listed journey could be affected at any point between 12:00 and 18:30.
The Cabildo names no replacement journeys and no rules for refunding tickets. The announcement also gives no separate contact for passengers.
The only number given is the Cabildo's general line, 922 140 100. Travellers can check the regular timetable at the official website, but it is not confirmed whether a separate strike timetable is posted there.
Our research found nothing on minimum service for ferries to Tenerife. For flights, no cancellations were confirmed in mid-October, and there is no newer information.
Why is Spain, and the Canary Islands, on strike?
It is a nationwide general strike lasting 24 hours, the first in 14 years according to Canarian media reports. It centres on wages that allow people to afford housing, and on sharply rising rents and property prices.
The call grew out of the tenants' movement. CCOO and UGT are named as the organisers, and other reports add CGT and further organisations.
In the Canaries, Manuel Navarro, general secretary of UGT Canarias, and Vanesa Frahija, general secretary of CCOO Canarias, called for a massive turnout on 22 October. Frahija said she would register the big unions' participation with the labour authority in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on 23 October, and hoped for no excessive minimum services.
The strike falls about three weeks before the parliamentary election on 29 November 2026. Business groups and some parties criticised it, while the government said it respects the constitutional right to strike.
How did GuaguaGomera run during earlier strikes?
During the transport strike on 28 and 29 November 2024, GuaguaGomera also ran 80%, according to company sources. Who set that figure at the time is not documented.
For 2026 too, the Cabildo names no body that decided the figure. Our research found no decision on the Cabildo's website or in the BOC (the Canary Islands official gazette).
On Lanzarote, the Cabildo set 80% for Intercity buses in 2024. At Titsa on Tenerife, 75% applied on intercity lines and 80% on the Santa Cruz city lines, while buses on El Hierro and La Palma ran normally.
GuaguaGomera belongs to the Cabildo and has existed since 2010. Reports say about 127,000 passengers used the buses in 2012, and about 300,000 in the first ten months of 2025, of whom 180,000 travelled with the Bono Residente Canario (the fare discount for Canarian residents).
Cabildo president Casimiro Curbelo writes in his own guest article of 12 new buses and a fleet of 24 instead of 18 vehicles. He announces about 30% more journeys for the last quarter of 2026, but it is not confirmed whether these are already running.
What is still open, and what happens next?
It is still unclear who set the 80% figure, and on what basis. It also remains unclear whether the listed journeys make up the whole minimum service or only the affected departures.
How many staff will join the strike, and how the day will go on La Gomera, is not yet known. Our research also found no rallies in the Canaries with a time and place.
No further strike dates for La Gomera are confirmed. Daniel Casal of the Federación Sindical Canaria (FSC) did not rule out a later general strike on the islands alone, but so far that is only a statement of intent.
The next fixed date is the parliamentary election on 29 November 2026. Until then, anyone taking the bus on La Gomera should ask the Cabildo or the operator for the current timetable.