Confederación Xeral de Traballadores Galegos-Intersindical Nacional

CXTG-IN

Full name	Confederación Xeral de Traballadores Galegos-Intersindical Nacional
Founded	1985
Date dissolved	1994
Key people	Fernando Acuña, general secretary
Country	Spain

Confederación Xeral de Traballadores Galegos-Intersindical Nacional ('General Confederation of Galician Workers', abbreviated CXTG-IN) was a nationalist trade union centre in Galicia.^[1] CXTG-IN was founded in 1985, as a split from the Intersindical Nacional dos Traballadores Galegos (INTG).^[2] Fernando Acuña served as the general secretary of the organization.^[3] Politically the movement was close to Galician leftwing groups.^[1]

Split from INTG

In 1985 INTG was torn by internal divisions, over questions such as the tactics of general strikes and the building of a new political movement.^[4] CXTG was founded as a result of this split.^[4]

1986 elections

CXTG-IN participated in the 1986 trade union elections, winning 1,104 delegates (0.62% of the company committees representative seats in all of Spain).^[5]

1988 general strike

On December 14, 1988 a general strike was organized across Spain. In Galicia two separate mobilizations were organized, one by CC.OO. and UGT and one by CXTG and INTG.^[4]

Publication

CXTG-IN published the journal Adiante.^[6]

Affiliated unions

The CXTG-IN union in the health care sector was the Sindicato Galego da Sanidade-CXTG (SGS-CXTG).^[7] The metal workers' union of CXTG was Sindicato Galego do Metal.^[8]

The teachers' union of CXTG-IN was called Sindicato Galego do Ensino ea Investigación/CXTG (SGEI-CXTG).^[9] SGEI-CXTG won around 10% of the votes in the teachers' union elections of 1987.^[10] In 1987 the CXTG teachers' union launched a 'Permanent Seminary for Education for Peace', which later became an independent institution.^[11] The Permanent Seminary published didactic materials on human rights, marginalization and ecopacifism. Through the Permanent Seminary, the CXTG sought to promote non-sexist education.^[12]

Merger with INTG

On April 2, 1990 CXTG-IN and INTG signed a cooperation treaty.^[13][14]

INTG and CXTG contested the 1990 trade union elections jointly, winning 3,527 delegates (23.2% of the representative seats in Galicia).^[4] On January 18, 1992 CXTG held an extraordinary congress in Narón, with the slogan 'Forward on the path of unity'.^[15] The third congress of CXTG was held in Vigo January 16–17, 1993, with the slogan 'Build the future of trade unionism'.^[16]

In March 1994 the two trade union centres merged at a founding congress of Confederación Intersindical Galega (CIG).^[14] The CXTG-IN leader Acuña became the founding general secretary of the new union.^[1]

SGM-CXTG merged with the INTG metal workers' union (FTM), forming CIG-METAL.^[8]

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