UGT FICA

Name

UGT FICA

Legal name

Federación de Industria, Construcción y Agro de UGT (FICA UGT)

Website

https://ugt-fica.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Union Federation Services

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Policy Management, Training & Ethics/Whistleblowing (BPAEAPAI)

Keywords

• Trade union federation
• Collective bargaining services
• Labor rights advocacy
• Industrial union services
• Workforce representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

UGT FICA is a trade union federation within the UGT confederation in Spain that defends labor rights and negotiates collective working conditions for workers in industry, construction, and agriculture sectors. It operates through 17 territorial federations across all Spanish autonomous communities, provides internal platforms for collective bargaining, transparency, and whistleblower reporting, and delivers training, advisory, and seasonal worker programs.

Product overview

UGT FICA (Federación de Industria, Construcción y Agroalimentario) is a trade union federation of UGT in Spain representing workers in industry, construction, and agriculture sectors. Rather than a unified technology product, it operates as a service organization offering multiple internal platforms and programs including the Portal de Negociación Colectiva for collective bargaining, Portal de Transparencia for transparency, Canal de Denuncias for whistleblower protection, training courses through Cursos Prospera, and various labor rights programs such as the annual Vendimia Francesa campaign. The organization primarily focuses on defending labor rights, negotiating working conditions, and ensuring workplace safety rather than commercial technology products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Portal de Negociación: Portal for information exchange between employers, unions and workers during collective bargaining negotiation processes
• Portal de Transparencia
• Canal de Denuncias

Products and services

• Portal de Negociación Colectiva A web platform that facilitates the exchange of information between employers, unions, and workers during the process of negotiating labor agreements (convenios colectivos).
• Portal de Transparencia A transparency portal that discloses UGT FICA's resource management to make the union organization more accessible and transparent.
• Canal de Denuncias An internal reporting and whistleblower defense system that enables improvement actions in all internal procedures and ethical behavior.
• Cursos Prospera (Training Platform) Online training platform offering professional development courses for workers in industry, construction, and agriculture sectors.
• Servicio de Negociación Colectiva Core union service negotiating collective agreements (convenios colectivos) for industry sectors including footwear, metal, construction, automotive, chemicals, and food industries.
• Programa de Vendimia Francesa Annual campaign advising agricultural workers about their labor rights and working conditions for the French grape harvesting season, including workshops and informational sessions.
• Programa Afíliate Union membership enrollment service allowing workers in covered sectors to join UGT FICA and access union representation and support.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• PROMOTE Project ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 December 2021UGT FICA led the EU-funded PROMOTE project (VS/2019/0436, EaSI programme) on cross-border worker mobility in the agro-industrial sector. Partners: FAI-CISL (Italy), CFE-CGC Agro (France), ICDI (Romania), Notus (Spain/coordinator), with participation from UGT, UPA, and international bodies including ELA and OEITSS.
• UGT (Unión General de Trabajadores) - Confederacion SindicalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUGT FICA is an integral federation of the UGT trade union confederation. As a constituent federation, it operates under the UGT umbrella and participates in UGT's confederal congresses, such as the 44th UGT Confederal Congress held in Barcelona in November 2024. UGT FICA's Secretary General Mariano Hoya is active in UGT's decision-making structures.
• IndustriALL Global UnioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUGT FICA actively participates in IndustriALL Global Union as a global union federation representing workers in manufacturing industries worldwide. UGT FICA's Secretary General Mariano Hoya sits on IndustriALL's Executive Committee, and UGT FICA participates in joint conferences covering sectors including TIC, E&E, mechanical engineering, and white-collar workers. IndustriALL is a key international partner for UGT FICA's global labor advocacy.
• EFFAT (European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEFFAT is the European federation representing food, agriculture, and tourism workers. UGT FICA participates in EFFAT through its Agroalimentario sector, and its leaders speak at EFFAT events (e.g., 6th EFFAT Congress in Valencia). EFFAT coordinates on issues including cross-border worker displacement, social conditionality in EU agricultural policy, and seasonal worker rights campaigns (Rights4AllSeasons).
• European Labour Authority (ELA)coreOthersThe European Labour Authority coordinates enforcement of EU labor mobility rules. UGT FICA participates in ELA initiatives and joint inspections targeting fraud and exploitation of seasonal and cross-border workers in the agricultural sector, as documented through the PROMOTE project.
• Organismo Estatal de Inspección de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (OEITSS)coreOthersOEITSS's Unit of Transnational Work conducts joint actions with ELA and UGT FICA to monitor and prevent fraud in cross-border labor mobility, particularly in the agricultural sector. UGT FICA participates in OEITSS-organized events and joint inspection coordination.
• Inditex GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUGT FICA has signed an International Framework Agreement (AMI) with Inditex Group for monitoring labor conditions in the supply chain. UGT FICA conducts factory visits and supervisory audits in supplier countries including Morocco (as part of AMI with El Corte Inglés and Inditex), and participates in Inditex's international trade union coordination meetings with North African unions.
• Fundación Laboral de la ConstrucciónminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Fundación Laboral de la Construcción is jointly managed by UGT, CEOE, and CC.OO. UGT FICA participates in this foundation which runs the Construction Industry Observatory (Observatorio Industrial de la Construcción) and develops training resources, skills programmes, and AI-powered tools for employability of refugees.
• UNESID (Unión de Empresas Siderúrgicas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUGT FICA, jointly with COO0 Industria and UNESID, initiated a joint process to define a strategy for the future of steel in Spain, aimed at reinforcing competitiveness and the future of the Spanish steel industry.
• CCOO IndustriacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUGT FICA and Comisiones Obreras de Industria jointly collaborate on major industrial negotiations and strategies, including the joint initiative with UNESID for the future of Spanish steel, and shared participation in collective bargaining rounds across multiple sectors.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CCOO Industria: Industria federation of Comisiones Obreras, Spain's other major trade union. Directly competes with UGT FICA in the same industrial sectors (steel, automotive, chemicals, energy) and jointly coordinates on collective bargaining rounds and major industry strategies like the UNESID steel initiative.
• USO (Unión Sindical Obrera): Spain's third-largest trade union confederation competing for worker representation across industrial sectors. Operates with similar collective bargaining and advisory service models, contesting UGT FICA and CCOO in workplace delegate elections and sectoral agreements.
• FIM-CISL: Italian metalworkers' federation within CISL, partnering with UGT FICA via IndustriALL and FAI-CISL on the PROMOTE project. Closest functional peer across sectors (steel, automotive, manufacturing) and analogous cross-border seasonal worker challenges.
• CGT (Confederación General del Trabajo): Spanish anarcho-syndicalist trade union active across industrial and construction sectors. Competes with UGT FICA in workplace delegate elections and collective bargaining at company level, particularly in industrial and public-service adjacent workplaces.

Broad incumbents

• UGT (Unión General de Trabajadores): Parent confederation of UGT FICA and Spain's largest trade union. Provides the umbrella under which UGT FICA operates, coordinates cross-federation strategy, and sets the political direction UGT FICA executes within the industrial, construction, and agro-food sectors.
• IG Metall: Germany's largest industrial trade union, covering metalworking, automotive, electrical, and adjacent sectors. Direct European functional analog to UGT FICA's metalworking and automotive representation; comparable on collective bargaining sophistication, sectoral coverage, and influence over industrial policy.
• IndustriALL Global Union: Global union federation representing workers in mining, energy, and manufacturing; UGT FICA's Secretary General sits on its Executive Committee. Coordinates multinational company agreements (including with Inditex) and shapes sectoral labor standards that UGT FICA implements at national level.
• EFFAT: European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions; UGT FICA participates through its Agroalimentario sector. Comparable in driving EU-level collective bargaining, seasonal worker rights campaigns (Rights4AllSeasons), and social conditionality in EU agricultural policy.
• CFDT (Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail): France's largest trade union confederation with sectoral industrial federations covering similar ground to UGT FICA (metallurgy, chemicals, construction, food). Analogous on cross-border seasonal worker coordination, particularly relevant given UGT FICA's French grape harvest campaign.

Regional players

• ELA (Eusko Langileen Alkartasuna): Basque Country's dominant trade union with strong industrial sector representation. Operates within UGT FICA's home country but with much higher density in the Basque autonomous community, contesting UGT FICA's territorial federations for delegates and bargaining primacy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles6 records

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