The housing encampment in Palma has called an open assembly this Sunday at 6:30 PM to prepare for the general strike next Wednesday, November 11th. The activists are calling for participation in both the meeting and the day of protest with messages such as "We will stop everything" and "The struggle continues regardless of who governs".

Jaime Martínez has responded to the activists' intention to reorganize and reactivate the housing protest camp at Palma's Plaza de España. The response, just like the dismantling: Local Police. This was confirmed by the mayor, who noted that there will be a special operation to "enforce the civic ordinance and the public space occupation ordinance."

The negotiation between the Government of the Balearic Islands and the trade union organizations to establish the minimum services for the general strike called for November 11 has ended without an agreement. CCOO in the Balearic Islands has regretted that it was not possible to reach a consensus and has demanded that the Executive set proportionate minimum services, which guarantee the attention of essential services without restricting the exercise of the right to strike.

Concern among companies? Fear of possible disturbances to public order? Coincidence with an election period? Nothing new. There has been all of that, and more, in the successive general strikes that have taken place in the Islands over time, one of which even lasted not one, but ten days. We recall these episodes as one of these total work stoppages has been called, across the State, for the upcoming November 11th, shortly before the general elections.

MÉS per Palma will present a motion to the next municipal plenary session in support of the general strike for housing called for November 11. The initiative demands measures to curb real estate speculation, limit rental prices, and facilitate access to housing in the Balearic capital.

The encampment for the right to housing in Palma denounced this Wednesday, coinciding with the second day of the general policy debate in Parliament, the distance between institutional discussions and the real needs of the citizenry. "We see a great difference between the political debate that the institutions are having and the needs and concerns of the people on the street," stated Miquel Marc Pou, one of the spokespersons for the social movement, who accuses political leaders of prioritizing the interests of property owners and the real estate sector over the demands of the population that needs to access affordable housing.

The housing encampment in Palma has called for various neighborhood assemblies in the city to prepare for the general housing strike on November 11th. The initiative aims to involve residents in the organization of the day of protest, which is framed as a mobilization "against the housing business." In parallel, Arran and the Student Union of the Catalan Countries (SEPC) have announced three strike committees to begin mobilizing the youth of Mallorca.

The PP and Vox accused the CCOO, UGT, and the Tenants' Union this Wednesday of calling a general strike that "goes against" the opposition parties. After the Board of Spokespersons, the PP and Vox spokespersons, Sebastià Sagreras and Manuela Cañadas, questioned that the general strike "goes against the opposition parties," in reference to the correlation of forces currently in effect in Congress, since it was the opposition that struck down the housing decrees promoted by Pedro Sánchez's government.

The general strike called this Wednesday in support of the Palestinian people and against the Israeli genocide has registered an average of 10 percent participation in public services in the Balearic Islands, according to the STEI (Spanish Institute of Education). In the education sector, the strike was attended by a total of 796 teachers, according to data provided by the Ministry of Education. Of these, 740 belong to public schools and 56 to the private sector, which places the public sector at 93% of the total participation. By island, Mallorca accounts for the majority of participation, with 584 teachers, followed by Ibiza (129), Menorca (77), and Formentera (3). On all the islands, participation was clearly majority in public schools, and in Ibiza and Formentera, it was exclusively public, with no private sector teachers supporting the strike. In Menorca, 98.7% of the teachers who participated in the strike were from public schools, while in Mallorca, private schools were more prominent but still a minority, accounting for around 9.4% of participants.

The Government has established the minimum services that will apply during the general strike this Wednesday, October 15, 2025, called to condemn the genocide in Palestine and demand peace. These strikes affect sectors such as education, healthcare, transportation, public administration, social services, and the environment. Therefore, the Executive has established that essential services will be active to guarantee service to citizens.

The Balearic Islands are the autonomous community with the most expensive second-hand homes in Spain. For the first time, the price per square meter surpassed the €5,000 barrier. The year-on-year increase (based on May data) was 20.9%, meaning a 90-square-meter apartment has risen by €90,000 in the last year. The rental situation is equally dramatic: €19.70 per square meter, on the podium with Madrid and Barcelona, ​​according to July data collected by the real estate website Idealista. Limited supply, high demand, the voracity of a runaway market, and the lack of policies to create a public housing stock do not bode well. The stark figures translate into a residential and social emergency that forces people to live in caravans, shacks, abandoned buildings, such as the former Palma prison, or even on the streets.