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*Not to be confused with the [General Confederation of Labour in
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France](General_Confederation_of_Labour_\(France\) "wikilink")*
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The **General Confederation of Labor** (**CGT**) is a
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[federation](Confederation "wikilink") of
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[anarcho-syndicalist](Anarcho-Syndicalism "wikilink") [trade
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unions](Trade_Union "wikilink") in [Spain](Spain "wikilink"). Formed in
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[1979](Timeline_of_Libertarian_Socialism_in_Southern_Europe "wikilink")
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after a split from the
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[CNT](National_Confederation_of_Labour_\(Spain\) "wikilink"), it has
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over 100,000 members and represents 2,000,000 workers across Spain (a
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country of 47,000,000).
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## History
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During the [Second Spanish
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Revolution](Second_Spanish_Revolution "wikilink") in 1975, Spain turned
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itself around from a [fascist](Fascism "wikilink") dictatorship into a
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new [liberal democracy](Liberalism "wikilink"). But during this
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transition, the [anarchist](Anarchism "wikilink") movement (once the
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most powerful in the world) began to rebuild itself. The
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[CNT](National_Confederation_of_Labour_\(Spain\) "wikilink") quickly
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re-emerged, gaining hundreds of thousands of members. But tensions began
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to emerge over the question of whether or not to participate in
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state-backed union elections, which would make the union eligible for
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government subsidies. Combined with harassment from the police and
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attacks in the Spanish media, the union felt under pressure, and
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eventually split into two different unions. The faction in favour of
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government subsidies and participation in union would become the
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CGT.\[1\]
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## Contact
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Their website can be found [here](http://cgt.org.es/) (in Spanish)
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## References
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<references />
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1. [Wikipedia](Wikipedia "wikilink") (Spanish)
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<https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederación_General_del_Trabajo_(España)> |