Unión General de Trabajadores
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Workers' General Union | |
Unión General de Trabajadores | |
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| Founded | 1888 |
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| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
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Members | 960,000 members (2017). 86,530 union representatives.[1] |
Founder | Pablo Iglesias Posse |
Key people | Pepe Álvarez, general secretary |
| Affiliations | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party International Trade Union Confederation European Trade Union Confederation |
| Website | www.ugt.es |
The Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT, General Union of Workers) is a major Spanish trade union, historically affiliated with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
History
The UGT was founded 12 August 1888 by
class struggle as a basic principle
of trade union action. The UGT was closely associated with the PSOE.
During the
Largo Caballero
from the position of UGT secretary general in 1937.
General
Confederación General del Trabajo
(CGT) a distant third.
Objectives
The UGT declares itself to be an institution of productive workers, organized along lines of trades and liberal professions, which respects
solidarity
.
Federations and foundations
Current affiliates
Ávila
, SpainCorunna
.| Union | Abbreviation | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Federation of Industry, Construction and Agriculture | FICA | 2016 |
| Federation of Public Service Employees | FeSP | 2016 |
| Federation of Services, Mobility and Consumption | FeSMC | 2016 |
| Pensioners' Union | UJP | 1978 |
| Professionals and Autonomous Workers' Union | UPTA | |
| Small Farmers' Union | UPA | 1982 |
The Unión de Trabajadores por Cuenta Propia (UTCP, Union of Self-Employed Workers) is not an organism of UGT. It is a bottom-up association, formed by the farmers' union UPA and the professional and autonomous workers' union, UPTA, who united in this manner to enhance their representation inside the Union and to form a united front on factional issues where they have common interests.
Former affiliates
| Union | Abbreviation | Founded | Left | Reason left | Membership (1981) | Membership (1994) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federation of Agriculture and Food Processing | FTA | 2001 | 2011 | Merged into FITAG | N/A | N/A |
| Federation of Commerce | 1974 | 1993 | Merged into FECHTJ | 6,552 | N/A | |
| Federation of Commerce, Catering-Tourism and Games | FECHTJ | 1993 | 2014 | Merged into SMC | N/A | 51,011 |
| Federation of Communication, Shows and Various Trades | CEOV | 1993 | Merged into FeS | 11,145 | N/A | |
| Federation of Education Workers | FETE | 1931 | 2016 | Merged into FeSP | 1,350 | 39,093 |
| Federation of Hospitality | 1979 | 1993 | Merged into FECHTJ | 8,179 | N/A | |
| Federation of Industrial and Agricultural Workers | FITAG | 2011 | 2016 | Merged into FICA | N/A | N/A |
| Federation of Light Industries | FIA | 1992 | 2011 | Merged into FITAG | N/A | 69,527 |
| Federation of Public Services | FSP | 1982 | 2016 | Merged into FeSP | 6,888 | 133,501 |
| Federation of Services | FeS | 1993 | 2016 | Merged into FeSMC | N/A | 59,346 |
| Federation of Services for Mobility and Consumption | SMC | 2014 | 2016 | Merged into FeSMC | N/A | N/A |
| Federation of Transport, Communication and Sea | TCM | 1977 | 2014 | Merged into SMC | 21,942 | 71,629 |
| Metal and Construction | MCA | 1998 | 2016 | Merged into FICA | N/A | N/A |
| National Federation of Agriculture | FTT | 1930 | 2001 | Merged into FTA | 11,979 | 23,728 |
| National Federation of Banking, Credit and Savings | FEBCA | 1977 | 1983 | Merged into FEBASO | 4,523 | N/A |
| National Federation of Banking, Savings, Insurance and Offices | FEBASO | 1983 | 1993 | Merged into FeS | N/A | N/A |
| National Federation of Chemicals, Energy and Related Industries | FETIQUE | 1982 | 1992 | Merged into FIA | 14,560 | N/A |
| National Federation of Construction, Wood and Related Industries | FEMCA | 1977 | 1998 | Merged into MCA | 22,701 | 37,166 |
| National Federation of Food Processing and Tobacco | FAyT | 2001 | Merged into FTA | 10,452 | 27,511 | |
| National Federation of Insurance, Office and Office Workers | FETSO | 1983 | Merged into FEBASO | N/A | ||
| National Federation of Metalworkers | METAL | 1930 | 1998 | Merged into MCA | 49,348 | 100,774 |
| National Federation of Mineworkers | 1992 | Merged into FIA | 9,652 | N/A | ||
| National Federation of Textiles and Leather | 1979 | 1992 | Merged into FIA | 11,401 | N/A |
See also
- Pablo Iglesias, founder of both the UGT and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
- Ferrol, birthplace of both Francisco Franco (1892) and Pablo Iglesias (1850)
References
- ^ Los sindicatos recuperan afiliados por segundo año consecutivo tras la crisis. 20 Minutos, 04/02/2018.
- ^ Casanova, Julián. 'Terror and Violence: The Dark Face of Spanish Anarchism' in International Labour and Working-Class History, 67 (Spring 2005), pp. 79-99. p. 88.
- ^ Preston, Paul. The Coming of the Spanish Civil War: Reform, Reaction and Revolution in the Spanish Second Republic. Routledge. New York. 1994. p. 78.
- Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Spanish-language Wikipedia article, accessed 11 April 2005.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Unión General de Trabajadores.
- UGT – Unión General de Trabajadores – UGT website
- UGT – Unión General de Trabajadores-Federación Española Trabajadores de la Enseñanza de Castilla y León – FETE-UGT CyL website
- Portal del Transporte de la Sección Sindical de UGT Archived 25 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Unió General de Treballadors de Catalunya Catalan autonomous region's UGT (from Wikipedia in Catalan)
- Small history of the UGT in Catalonia Workers at the Center of Mataró and the 1888 Congress of the Barcelona.
- História del sindicato – History of the union
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