Palma bus strike: 30% service on Wednesday

Palma, Mallorca, sets a 30% minimum service for city buses during Wednesday’s general strike. Routes serving hospitals will run more frequently, while other municipal services will keep essential staff on duty. The city council agreed the minimum levels with the unions calling the strike.

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Hospital buses get more services

Palma’s municipal bus operator, Empresa Municipal de Transports (EMT), will run routes 27 and 28 to Son Llàtzer University Hospital in full. Route 33 to Son Espases University Hospital will make eight of its 15 scheduled trips. Routes 6, 20, 29, 34, 36 and 39 will keep 40% of their services.

Between 07.00 and 09.00, and again between 13.00 and 14.30, buses from the minimum service may be assigned to routes serving school areas. Other routes will have a 30% minimum service, as will EMT’s administration, workshop and customer service teams.

Other city services keep staff on duty

Municipal services company Emaya will keep staff at its workshops and wastewater treatment plants, and cover emergencies and laboratory work. Its networks team will have staff on call for faults and urgent work throughout the day.

At the Son Valentí funeral home, at least two funeral staff will work each shift. Two cemetery staff will work the morning shift, with an adviser and an administrator on every shift. The traffic control room will have a supervisor and a controller in the morning, and one controller in the afternoon.