Will buses and trams run on Tenerife on 11 November?

That was not known by 8 November, because no minimum services are published for the Canaries. TITSA and Metrotenerife are expected to give their figures around 9 and 10 November.

Will flights to and from Tenerife be cancelled on the strike day?

No confirmed cancellations for the Canaries have turned up so far. Passengers should ask Aena and their airline.

Who has called the general strike?

The unions CCOO and UGT have called it, and CGT, CNT and other groups are joining. In the Canaries, Vanesa Frahija and Manuel Navarro lead the call.

Why are people striking?

The strike is about wages, housing and prices. The unions point to 211,000 empty homes, rising rents and the lowest wages in the country.

When was the last general strike in Spain?

The last joint general strike by CCOO and UGT was on 14 November 2012. The unions then counted 76.7% participation, while the employers' body said at most 10%.

Will there be demonstrations on Tenerife?

Venues and times for rallies on Tenerife have not been published. The plans are expected around 9 and 10 November.

Tenerife strike 11 Nov: first CCOO-UGT walkout in 14 years

What does the 11 November strike mean for visitors to Tenerife?

The strike on Wednesday 11 November 2026 applies nationwide, so holidaymakers in the south of Tenerife should expect possible transport disruption. Nothing is confirmed, and so far there is no sign of cancelled flights or ferries in the Canaries.

By Sunday 8 November, no minimum service (the guaranteed level of service during a strike) had been published for the Canaries. On 9 and 10 November, check the notices from TITSA (the island bus operator), Metrotenerife (the tram), Aena (the airport operator) and your airline.

Allow extra time for the transfer if you need to reach the airport on 11 November. Think twice before cancelling yourself: a German-language travel advisory says passengers who cancel on their own usually lose their right to a refund.

Which minimum services apply on Tenerife?

Moncloa, the government headquarters, said on 12 October that the labour authority must set the minimum services. No date for that decision had been set at the time.

Even on 8 November, no ruling for the Canaries had appeared. Vanesa Frahija of CCOO Canarias hopes the authorities will not impose “abusive minimum services”.

Earlier strikes only show the range authorities have used. In a transport strike in October 2025, 80% of TITSA's urban routes and 75% of intercity buses ran, according to figures given then.

Earlier figures also put the tram at 80%, without a date. These numbers cannot be carried over to 11 November, as TITSA and Metrotenerife will publish their own.

Who is calling the strike, and what do they demand?

Manuel Navarro (UGT Canarias) and Vanesa Frahija (CCOO Canarias) urged mass turnout in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on 22 October. The strike motto is “Salarios, vivienda y precios”, meaning wages, housing and prices.

Navarro cited 211,000 empty homes in the Canaries and said the islands have the lowest wages in the country. Frahija pointed to housing decrees that the Congress has rejected.

An 87-year-old woman was evicted in late September and died days later, and according to Moncloa her death helped trigger the strike. Representatives in the Canaries call it a labour dispute, without ruling out its political side.

Ignacio Hernández (CCOO) counted 17,300 empty homes in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and 14,300 in Las Palmas. Daniel Casal of the FSC federation put the wage gap to the Spanish average at about 500 euros.

How far have rents risen in the Canaries?

Rents in the Canaries rose 12.8% in 2025, against 6.9% on average in Spain, according to the Fotocasa portal. Only Castilla-La Mancha was higher, at 19.8%.

Rents have now risen four years in a row, after falling 3.6% in 2021. The figures also put price levels 7% above the national average.

Tenants in the Canaries spent on average 56% of gross pay on rent in 2025, against 50% nationally, according to InfoJobs and Fotocasa analyses. In the province of Las Palmas it was 57%, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 54%.

These are private portal figures, not numbers from ISTAC, the Canarian statistics institute. Navarro also says no public homes have been handed over since 2022.

Who loses pay, and what do employers say?

A strike day costs workers a day's pay, Navarro admits. Some therefore feel “almost forced not to turn up”, he said, according to Moncloa.

Pedro Alfonso, president of the employers' association CEOE Tenerife, still wants to check the legality and sees a clearly political character. José Cristóbal García of the Canarian employers' body CCE stresses that strikes are aimed at businesses.

Both associations say they will follow the law. The law firm Cuatrecasas points to ruling STC 24/2026, which bans replacing strikers by ad hoc means.

Temporary agency staff may fill only posts set aside for them. According to Cuatrecasas, format, times and final demands were still open on 20 October.

Has this happened before, and what comes next?

The last joint general strike by CCOO and UGT was on 14 November 2012, and the unions then counted 9,185,383 participants, or 76.7%. The employers' body CEOE said at most 10%.

Minimum services covered about 2.5 million workers in 2012. In the earlier general strike on 29 March 2012, power use fell 14.6% below forecast, according to Red Eléctrica.

Decisions on minimum services and demonstration plans are expected on 9 and 10 November. Venues and times for rallies on Tenerife have not been published.

Casal says the FSC could call its own Canarian general strike after 11 November, but that is not confirmed. The parliamentary election follows on 29 November.

Aena expects more than 5,500 flights in the Canaries over the November holiday weekend, 8.2% more than a year earlier. That figure predates the strike call and says nothing about cancellations.