General Confederation of Labor (Spain)

Spanish trade union

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Spain

Members

85,000 (2018)^[1]

Key people

José Manuel Muñoz PólizAffiliationsRed and Black CoordinationWebsitecgt.org.es

The General Confederation of Labor (Spanish: Confederación General del Trabajo, CGT) is a Spanish trade union federation.

The CGT was a result of a split in the anarchist National Confederation of Labor (CNT). In 1979, at the first CNT congress after Spain's transition to democracy, there was a fundamental disagreement concerning union elections. Such elections allow Spanish workers to elect union delegates to factory committees every four years. Some deemed this a renewal of anarcho-syndicalism, but the more orthodox in the organization considered such elections a "government intervention in labor–capital relations". Moreover, this would involve receiving state funding.^[2] The two factions split and there were two CNTs. They fought over ownership of the name CNT. In 1989, the orthodox CNT prevailed in court and the renovators took the name CGT.^[3]

The CGT has since participated in union elections since 1989, receiving the fourth most votes behind CCOO, the UGT, and the CSIF. It has 100,000 members, as of 2018.^[4]

Since the division of the CNT in 2018, with the formation of the ICL/CIT (International Confederation of Labour) the CGT has developed a constructive relationship with the CNT-CIT and another union with roots in the CGT, Solidaridad Obrera. This resulted in a joint statement of intent by the three organisations to work productively together in April 2023. The alliance is to be known as "La Confluencia Anarcosindicalista".^[5]

References

^ "Los sindicatos recuperan afiliados por segundo año, tras la fuga de la crisis" [Unions recover members for the second year, after the escape from the crisis] (in Spanish). Madrid: EFE. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
^ Ealham 2015, pp. 267–273; Pascual 2018
^ Ealham 2015, pp. 267–273; El País 1989
^ Pascual 2018.
^ "CGT, CNT y Solidaridad Obrera: Acuerdo para la unidad de acción. Un paso histórico para el anarcosindicalismo" [CGT, CNT and Workers' Solidarity: Agreement for unity of action. A historic step for anarcho-syndicalism.]. CGT (in Spanish). April 2023.

Sources

El País (1989). "La CNT renovada adopta de forma provisional las siglas CGT" [The renewed CNT provisionally adopts the acronym CGT]. El País (in Spanish).
Ealham, Chris (2015). Living Anarchism: José Peirats and the Spanish Anarcho-Syndicalist Movement. Oakland/Edinburgh: AK Press.
Pascual, Alfredo (2018). "Del 8M a Amazon: CNT y CGT resucitan a costa de los dinosaurios sindicales" [From 8M to Amazon: CNT and CGT resurrect at the expense of union dinosaurs]. El Confidencial (in Spanish).