Confederación General del Trabajo | |
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Abbreviation | CGT |
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Type | National trade union center |
Headquarters | Calle Sagunto, 15 (Madrid) |
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Membership (2023) | 102,874[1] |
Secretary General | Miguel Fadrique Sanz |
Affiliations | Red and Black Coordination |
Website | cgt |
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The General Confederation of Labour (Spanish: Confederación General del Trabajo; CGT) is a Spanish trade union federation. Formed as a faction of the National Confederation of Labour (CNT) during the Spanish transition to democracy, its support for participation in union elections led it to split from the organisation, which prohibited participation. After losing a lengthy legal battle for the name, the pro-electoral faction renamed itself to the CGT and reorganised itself as an independent trade union center.
By the 21st century, the CGT had become one of the largest trade unions in Spain, gaining more than 100,000 members and electing more than 7,000 representatives to works councils. It has gained a particularly strong influence in the automotive, telecommunication and transportation industries, which it has called to be brought under social ownership. Its support for self-determination put it in the leading role of organising the 2017 Catalan general strike and its support for feminism drove its participation in women's strikes on each International Women's Day.