CCOO (España) Collection

Period 1964-1979
Total size   0.55 m.
Consultation Not restricted

History

Spanish trade union movement; emerged in the early sixties; consisted of spontaneously formed factory committees outside the official trade union; illegal but sometimes more or less tolerated, soon under communist influence; defended a revolutionary position in the Franco period but accepted the new political situation after 1975 and became a partner in the Moncloa pacts; obtained in the 1980s 35-40% of the delegates in factory elections.

Content

Documents collected by Bernard Pöter for his dissertation `Selbstgesteuerte politische Arbeiterbildungsprozesse an spanischen Beispielen. Zur Entwicklung der Comisiones Obreras in der Provinz Barcelona' 1983, consisting of documents relating to the CCOO 1964-1976; documents on the workers' agitation for democracy 1969-1976; documents on various plants 1967-1977; documents on mainly communist political groups 1970-1973; texts of interviews 1978-1979.

Arrangement

Documents are collected by Bernhard Pöter during his work on his doctoral thesis on the CCOO in Cataluña.

Processing information

List made by Amanda Elsinghorst