Confederación Xeral de Traballadores Galegos-Intersindical Nacional ('General Confederation of Galician Workers', abbreviated CXTG-IN) was a nationalist trade union centre in Galicia.El País. Los sindicatos nacionalistas gallegos ratifican su unificación CXTG-IN was founded in 1985, as a split from the Intersindical Nacional dos Traballadores Galegos (INTG).Cambio 16, edition 731-735. 1985. p. 7 Fernando Acuña served as the general secretary of the organization.CIG-Galiza. Un non á discriminación: Folga xeral do 14-D de 1988 Politically the movement was close to Galician leftwing groups.
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. CXTG was founded as a result of this split.forGA. Percorrido pola historia da nación galega
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).Köhler, Holm-Detlev. El movimiento sindical en España: transición democrática, regionalismo, modernización económica. Madrid: Editorial Fundamentos, 1995. p. 133
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.
Publication CXTG-IN published the journal Adiante.Santos Gayoso, Enrique. Historia de la prensa gallega, 1800-1993. Sada, A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, 1995. p. 273
Affiliated unions The CXTG-IN union in the health care sector was the Sindicato Galego da Sanidade-CXTG (SGS-CXTG).El País. El conflicto sanitario The metal workers' union of CXTG was Sindicato Galego do Metal.
The teachers' union of CXTG-IN was called Sindicato Galego do Ensino ea Investigación/CXTG (SGEI-CXTG).Aguirre, Mariano. Conflictos y dilemas de la sociedad internacional: entre Sarajevo y Chiapas. Barcelona: Icaria Ed, 1994. p. 410 SGEI-CXTG won around 10% of the votes in the teachers' union elections of 1987.Lago Peñas, I. and P. Lago Peñas. LAS ELECCIONES SINDICALES EN LA ENSEÑANZA PÚBLICA NO UNIVERSITARIA EN GALICIA (1987-1998) In 1987 the CXTG teachers' union launched a 'Permanent Seminary for Education for Peace', which later became an independent institution.Sarmiento, Anuario Galego de Historia da Educación, Número 11, 2007. The Permanent Seminary published didactic materials on human rights, marginalization and eco-pacifism. Through the Permanent Seminary, the CXTG sought to promote non-sexist education.Cid, JM. ''Actualitat de I'educació per a la pau a Galícia
Merger with INTG On April 2, 1990 CXTG-IN and INTG signed a cooperation treaty.Newton, Michael T., and Peter J. Donaghy. Institutions of Modern Spain: A Political and Economic Guide. Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997. p. 242Espuny Tomás, María Jesús, Olga Paz Torres, and F. Pérez Amorós. El proyecto de Ley de acción sindical en la empresa de 1978. Bellaterra (Barcelona): Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Servei de Publicacions, 2006. p. 98
INTG and CXTG contested the 1990 trade union elections jointly, winning 3,527 delegates (23.2% of the representative seats in Galicia). On January 18, 1992 CXTG held an extraordinary congress in Narón, with the slogan 'Forward on the path of unity'.CIG-Galiza. Congreso extraordinario da CXTG The third congress of CXTG was held in Vigo January 16–17, 1993, with the slogan 'Build the future of trade unionism'.CIG-Galiza. III Congreso da CXTG
In March 1994 the two trade union centres merged at a founding congress of Confederación Intersindical Galega (CIG). The CXTG-IN leader Acuña became the founding general secretary of the new union.
SGM-CXTG merged with the INTG metal workers' union (FTM), forming CIG-METAL.CIG-METAL. Que é a Federación do Metal da CIG?
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