The Unitarian Candidacy of Workers (Spanish: ''Candidatura Unitaria de Trabajadores'', CUT) is a

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and Andalusian nationalist party in

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. Founded in 1979 with the name Collective for the Unity of Workers – Andalusian Left Bloc (''Colectivo de Unidad de los Trabajadores-Bloque Andaluz de Izquierdas'', CUT-BAI), it forms part of the

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United Left, which contains

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Spanish parties supporting the country's withdrawal from

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. CUT current leader is Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, mayor of

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History

In the IV Congress of the CUT-BAI, held in January 2014 in

, the party decided to rename itself, adopting the name ''Candidatura Unitaria de Trabajadores'' (Unitarian Candidacy of Workers). On February 12, 2015, the CUT decided to abandon United Left because of their disagreement with the 'politicy of pacts' between this formation and

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. Although they also decided not to join any other party or coalition, the CUT asked to vote for Podemos, and participated in the lists of this party. Two candidates of the CUT were elected in the

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, María García and Libertad Benitez. In the 2016 Spanish general election, CUT entered the Spanish

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for the first time, as the party vice-leader and former mayor of

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, Seville,

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, was elected as a

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for the

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running on the

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candidacy.Diego Cañamero breaks bipartidism and becomes deputy for Unidos Podemos
- Diario Jaén In the 2018 Andalusian regional election, only María García ran for re-election holding her

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seat of

References

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