Confederación General del Trabajo

What Confederación General del Trabajo does

Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) is a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist trade union federation founded in 1976 and headquartered at Sagunto 15, 1º in Madrid. It represents and organizes workers across all sectors of the Spanish economy, including both public and private employees, with particular emphasis on precarious, informal, and marginalized workers. The federation operates through a horizontal structure of local secciones sindicales, sectoral unions, and regional federations covering at least nine Spanish autonomous communities, governed democratically through periodic member congresses with no parent organization or external ownership.

CGT's service portfolio centers on workplace representation, collective bargaining support, strike coordination, and legal advocacy delivered through the Gabinete Jurídico Confederal. It maintains an active educational program of training courses and legal guides (Guías Jurídicas) delivered in-person across at least ten cities and online, alongside a multi-channel publication ecosystem: the monthly printed newspaper Rojo y Negro (since 1987), the quarterly Libre Pensamiento journal, the La Brecha socioeconomic bulletin, the Libertarias feminist imprint, the Memoria Libertaria memorial project, and the Rojo y Negro TV video channel. The organization has no proprietary technology, app, or API; its digital footprint is a content-marketing website (cgt.es) plus social media accounts on X, Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky.

CGT is a non-profit workers' organization funded through membership dues; it has no external investors, no commercial revenue streams, and no publicly disclosed financial statements. Recent operational activity includes high-profile organizing campaigns at El Corte Inglés, H&M-CONCENTRIX, Correos, and SAETA Die Casting, a national strike at Correos on May 28, 2026, and constitutional litigation before the Tribunal Supremo against Real Decreto 402/2025 on pension reduction coefficients. The organization is not an investable commercial entity and operates as a member-driven advocacy body rather than a revenue-generating enterprise.

Name

Confederación General del Trabajo

Legal name

Confederación General del Trabajo

Website

https://cgt.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) is a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist trade union federation representing workers across all sectors of the Spanish economy through legal advocacy, collective bargaining, training, and publications, funded entirely by membership dues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

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, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) is a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist trade union federation that organizes and represents workers across all sectors of the Spanish economy. It provides collective bargaining representation, strike coordination, legal assistance through its Confederal Legal Cabinet, labor rights training, and advocacy, supplemented by a portfolio of publications (Rojo y Negro newspaper, Libre Pensamiento journal, La Brecha bulletin) and educational courses for union delegates and workers.

Product overview

CGT (Confederación General del Trabajo) is a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist trade union federation that does not offer a traditional technology product. Its service portfolio consists of publications (Rojo y Negro newspaper, Libre Pensamiento journal), legal guides, and training courses for union representatives and workers. The organization operates primarily as a labor union advocating for worker rights rather than as a software or technology provider.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Rojo y Negro: Monthly printed newspaper of CGT since 1987, covering current affairs, union news, and analysis
• La Brecha
• Libre Pensamiento
• Libertarias
• Memoria Libertaria
• Rojo y Negro TV
• Fundación Salvador Seguí

Products and services

• Rojo y Negro Monthly printed and digital newspaper of news and thought produced by CGT since 1987, covering trade union and social current affairs, analysis, opinion, illustration, feminisms, LGBTQIA+ issues, ecology, youth, housing struggles, and internationalist solidarity.
• Libre Pensamiento Quarterly publication of CGT dedicated to topics such as trade union renewal, ecological transition, artificial intelligence, mental health, and housing rights, with cultural, social, and political coverage including LGBTQ+, ecologism, and anti-militarism themes.
• Guías Jurídicas Legal guides produced by the Gabinete Jurídico Confederal of CGT covering labor law topics including workplace rights, collective bargaining, discrimination, and court decisions, aimed at union delegates and workers.
• Cursos de Formación Training courses for union delegates and workers covering labor rights, collective bargaining, occupational health, union elections, and trade union strategies, delivered in-person at local CGT federations across Spain.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

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App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation (SAC): Swedish anarcho-syndicalist union with a similar size profile, direct-action orientation, and emphasis on local sections rather than centralized bureaucracy, making it a structural analogue to CGT.
• Solidarity Federation: UK anarcho-syndicalist network that mirrors CGT's libertarian principles, direct-action approach, and small-scale union model, serving as a comparable ideological peer.

Broad incumbents

• Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT France): France's largest union, sharing CGT Spain's name and broad working-class orientation; useful international benchmark for federation structure, strike mobilization, and member services despite operating in a different national labor-law system.

Direct peers

• Unión Sindical Obrera (USO): Independent Spanish trade union operating across regions and sectors, offering representation, training, and bargaining services that overlap directly with CGT's portfolio.
• ELA (Eusko Langileen Alkartasuna): Basque Country's leading nationalist trade union; competes with CGT for delegates and members in northern Spain and shares a strong regional-federation structure.
• Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT): Spain's second major mainstream trade union, directly comparable to CGT as a national federation offering representation, training, and collective bargaining in overlapping sectors and regions.
• Comisiones Obreras (CCOO): Spain's largest trade union, competing head-to-head with CGT for worker representation, collective bargaining rights, and delegate elections across all sectors in Spain.
• Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT): Spanish anarcho-syndicalist union sharing CGT's libertarian tradition and direct-action orientation; competes for ideologically aligned members and workplace delegates in Spain.

Others

• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC): Global trade union confederation that CGT does not affiliate with, but is relevant as the coordinating body for most national unions and a benchmark for international labor advocacy and standards work.

Regional players

• Intersindical Valenciana / Intersindical-CSC: Regional Catalan/Valencian union federations offering similar workplace representation and training services, competing with CGT's local federations in those territories.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CGT
• Facebookfacebook.com/cgtbpokonectabollullos
• Instagraminstagram.com/cgtconf

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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