WORLD WORLDWIDE SPAIN News Journal Update - (en) Spain, CGT, CNT and Solidaridad Obrera reach an agreement that seeks unity of anarcho-syndical action (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 The pact 'To the working class, for mobilization and convergence' is a first step

to "carry out a joint fight against the attacks against the working class." ----
Perhaps it was due to the centenary of the murder of Salvador Seguí, the Noi del
sucre, the repression suffered by the unionists in the case known as La Suiza or
the impact of inflation on wages. Or perhaps it was already playing, after three
decades of disagreement. In a "historic" agreement between the CGT, CNT and
Solidaridad Obrera, the libertarian unions have reached a pact for unity of
action. ---- "It is everyone's responsibility to begin to come together and carry
out a joint fight against the aggressions that capital and the State are carrying
out against the working class", summarized the CGT Trade Union Action Secretary,
Maribel Ramírez. "It is an agreement for the present to build the future", added
the general secretary of the CNT, Antonio Díaz. "The objective of the confluence
is to promote the struggle of the working class", pointed out the general
secretary of Solidaridad Obrera, José Luis Carretero.

The three anarcho-union representatives have also shared the vision of the union
as "new common institutions", which represent a "diverse working class with a
multiplicity of subjects", among which they have highlighted "the workers of
strategic companies, but also those of small companies, precarious jobs and
self-employed workers".

The press conference to announce the agreement, which they have described as
historic, took place at the symbolic Anselmo Lorenzo Foundation. Located in
Madrid and linked to the CNT, the foundation is the depository of the main
archive of the libertarian movement in the State.

"We have decided to overcome the isolation imposed on us by the dynamics of
partial struggles and focus on what we have in common"

The agreement is a first call for joint action on three points: the defense of
public pensions, the defense of equality in the workplace with the aim of
eliminating the wage gap and the end of the repression against social movements.
and against the labor movement.

In the agreement To the working class, for mobilization and convergence, the CGT,
CNT and Solidaridad Obrera state that they have decided to "overcome the
isolation imposed on us by the dynamics of partial struggles and focus on what we
have in common, to overcome the dispersed mobilizations and try to overwhelm the
official trade unionism promoting a great joint process of mobilization of the
militant trade unionism". They also call on the working class to "fight for their
rights and win their emancipation in these moments of crisis through struggle and
unity of action."

Union alliances have allowed the sovereignist unions ELA (Euskal Herria), CIG
(Galicia) and Intersindical (Catalonia) to carry out joint demonstrations against
Escrivá's pension reform, while the entente CC OO and UGT have been working for
years in good harmony at the Social Dialogue Table, together with the Ministry of
Labor and the employers' associations. However, anarcho-union alliances were only
woven on a small scale, such as the Taula Sindical de Catalunya, in which the
CGT, CNT and Solidaridad Obrera participated along with IAC, COS and CoBas.

Maribel Ramírez (CGT) had a few words of solidarity for her CNT compañeras
retaliated by La Suiza: "If they touch one of us, they touch us all", and she has
emphasized that from the logic of confluence mutual support must be present and
class solidarity.

Also, the three unions have expressed their concern about the war in Ukraine.
They have recalled that in a war the main victim is the working class and,
Antonio Díaz, has recalled that anti-war "is one of the hallmarks of
anarcho-syndicalism." After this point, they have criticized the Gag Law, which
has not yet been repealed and "has resulted in people being in jail for writing a
tweet", and that unions should be "shields in defense of the rights won".

https://www.elsaltodiario.com/laboral/cgt-cnt-solidaridad-obrera-alcanzan-acuerdo-persigue-unidad-accion-anarcosindical
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