Solidaridad Obrera (union)
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| Founded | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Members | appr. 500 |
| Country | Spain |
| Website | www.solidaridadobrera.org |
Solidaridad Obrera (Spanish: "Workers' Solidarity") is an anarcho-syndicalist[1] labour union federation primarily in Madrid, Spain that emerged in 1990[2] as a split from the Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT),[3] itself a split from the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), the Spanish affiliate of the International Workers Association (IWA; Spanish: AIT). Its founders did not accept the resolutions agreed to by the CGT congress in 1989, nor its final actions such as removing decision-making powers from assemblies and transferring it to executive committees, nor mass enrollment of groups such as the members of the Humanist Party (an offshoot of a political-religious movement in the Southern Cone) or certain splinter groups (for example, the Izquierda Sindical de Banca) of the CCOO (Workers' Commissions, a union federation historically associated with the Communist Party of Spain). The union publishes two periodicals, Contramarchas and El Solidario.
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[edit] Ideology and principles
The goals of Solidaridad Obrera lie somewhere between what they consider the reformism of the CGT and the uncompromising anarchism of the CNT-AIT. Unlike the CNT, they accept limited participation in works councils (albeit always subject to the decision of the union sections involved); like the CNT, they never accept government subsidies. Their statutes also emphasize that no member of a political party can run in union elections. Like the CGT and CNT, Solidaridad Obrera does not accept members of security forces in its membership,[2] nor priests of any denomination.
The union takes its name from the anarchist publication of the same name, which served as the mouthpiece of the CNT until the end of the Spanish Civil War.
[edit] Representation
Solidaridad Obrera has members represented in work councils in Alicante, Menorca and Madrid, where it has particularly visible presence in the works council of the Madrid Metro (Madrid's subway system).[4]
Solidaridad Obrera has about 500 members. Its secretary general is José Ignacio Cabañas Magán.
[edit] References
- ^ Roca Martínez 2006, p. 109
- ^ a b ¿Qué es Solidaridad Obrera?. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
- ^ Preguntas frecuentes sobre CNT. Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
- ^ Un motín de viajeros en el metro de Madrid obliga a intervenir a la Policía Nacional (Spanish). El Mundo (December 1, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
[edit] Sources
- Roca Martínez, Beltrán (2006). "Anarchism, anthropology and Andalucia: an analysis of the CNT and 'New Capitalism'" (in English) (PDF). Anarchist Studies 14 (2): 106–130. London: Lawrence & Wishart. ISSN 3393 0967 3393.</ref>
