UGT

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• The UGT is one of the most influential trade unions in Spain, advocating for workers' rights.

• Whereas UGT fared poorly during the first union elections in early 1978, it was soon able to make up for its previous lack of organization and surpassed CCOO in the 1982 union elections with 36.7 percent compared to 32.8 percent for CCOO.

  Academic text (1998)

• The Socialist Party maintains close relations with the UGT.

  Academic text (1998)

• CCOO's confrontational strategy could not prevent the UGT from improving its position in the next union elections.

  Academic text (1998)

• During the dictatorship, the clandestine and exiled UGT leadership refused to operate within the given authoritarian structures.

  Academic text (1998)

• CCOO openly supported the austerity measures, whereas UGT passively accepted them but stopped short of advocating them publicly.

  Academic text (1998)

• The Socialist Party, the socialist union UGT, and the Communist Party all had roots going back to the nineteenth century and had been crucial political actors prior to the Franco dictatorship.

  Academic text (1998)

• "We're on strike to stop these suicidal policies," said Candido Mendez, the head of Spain's UGT union, the country's second-biggest labor federation.

  Blog text (9)

• Many employees joined the UGT to benefit from better labor protections and support during disputes.

• During the annual conference, representatives from the UGT discussed strategies to improve working conditions for their members.

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