Mallorca general strike stops five TIB bus routes
Mallorca, Balearic Islands: a general strike stops five TIB bus routes on Wednesday, 11 November — 343d, 431d, 518, 519d and 331. Unions UGT and CCOO are calling the strike over housing, lost buying power and pay. Demonstrations are planned in Palma on Mallorca, and in Ciutadella, Maó and Eivissa elsewhere in the Balearic Islands.
Buses, metro and essential services
Other TIB buses on Mallorca will run to Sunday and public-holiday timetables. Palma’s metro will provide half its usual weekday services from 10.00 to 12.00 and from 17.00 to 19.00. On the Palma–Inca–Manacor–Sa Pobla rail corridor, weekend and public-holiday services will operate during those periods, using weekday times and frequencies. For the rest of the day, 80% of normal weekday train services will run.
Schools and hospitals will also have minimum staffing. Hospital staffing will generally match Sundays and public holidays, while urgent and critical hospital services will provide full care. The Balearic government and unions met but could not agree on the minimum services.
Housing protests and a political row
The Palma demonstration starts at 18.30. The march in Ciutadella begins at 17.00, with those in Maó and Eivissa starting at 18.00. CCOO plans information pickets in Palma from Tuesday night, including at the Intermodal station and Plaça d’Espanya on Wednesday morning.
The unions want higher wages, more public housing and action against property speculation. The strike comes ahead of the 29 November general election. Balearic president Marga Prohens accuses the Socialists of using it for political ends; Socialist spokesperson Iago Negueruela criticises the minimum services set by the government.
Topics: Strikes · Traffic · Palma · Inca · Manacor · Sa Pobla
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com