There is one year left until the municipal elections and only ten days until the Pope's visit to Barcelona, and the labor conflict with part of the City Council staff is escalating. In fact, social workers will maintain their strike for June 9 and 10, coinciding with the pontiff's presence. This Friday, in an extraordinary plenary session requested by the Junts, Comuns, and ERC groups, Jaume Collboni's government was left alone with Vox opposing the opening of a dialogue space with the three minority unions –CGT, Intersindical, and ABACOS, with only 3 out of the 15 members of the negotiation table–, who have called for 30 days of partial stoppages in basic social services, gender violence, child protection, libraries, nursery schools, and social emergencies, totaling around 3,000 people.partial stoppages in basic social services, gender violence, child protection, libraries, nursery schools, and social emergencies, totaling around 3,000 people.