Bandera Sindicato Andaluz de los Trabajadores

The Andalusian Workers' Union ( es, Sindicato Andaluz de Trabajadores, ) is a

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in the

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Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The ...

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. The SAT was established in 2007 and it is supported by 20,000 affiliates. The SAT's ideological basis are anti-capitalism,

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and

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. It is led by

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. The Andalusian Workers' Union is known by its "

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" style protest actions. In August 2013, SAT activists raided a

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supermarket in

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and took ten shopping carts filled with school materials like pencils, erasers and notebooks which will be distributed to "families in need". On 9 May 2017, the Andalusian Workers' Union presented ''Er Prinzipito'', a translation of the ''

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'' in a supposed

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by Juan Porras.

References

External links

SAT Official Homepage
(in Spanish) Trade unions in Spain Andalusian nationalist organisations Trade unions established in 2007 {{Trade-union-stub