The Federation of Metal ( es, Federación del Metal) was a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

representing metalworkers in Spain. The union was founded in December 1976 and affiliated to the Workers' Commissions. The federation's largest affiliate, it had 103,161 members by 1981, and 113,871 in 1993. Later that year, it merged with the National Federation of Mining, to form the

Federation of Metalworkers and Miners The Federation of Metalworkers and Miners ( es, Federación de Minero-Metal, FM) was a trade union representing workers in the mining and metalworking industries in Spain. History The union was founded in 1993, when the Federation of Metal merg ...

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General Secretaries

:1977: Adolfo Pinedo :1981: Juan Ignacio Marín :1987:

Ignacio Fernández Toxo Ignacio Fernández Toxo toʃo( Ferrol, 25 November 1952) is a Spanish Trade Unionist that held the position of General Secretary of the Spanish union Workers' Commissions (CCOO) from 2008 to 2017 and President of the European Trade Union Confed ...

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Metal trade unions Trade unions established in 1976 Trade unions disestablished in 1993 Trade unions in Spain