Unión General de Trabajadores (Trade union, Spain)

UGT, Workers' General Union

Last modified: 2016-06-08 by ivan sache
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• Logo of the UGT
• Regional branches
  • Andalusia
  • Madrid
• Protest flag
• Flag used during the Civil War

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• Spain
• Spain: Trade unions

Logo of the UGT

The logo of the UGT (website) consists of the acronym "UGT" placed over a pair of shaking hands. Incidentally, a similar logo is used by the Portuguese union UGT (União Geral de Trabalhadores).

Jorge Candeias, 30 August 2003

Regional branches

Andalusia

Flag of the Andalusian branch of the UGT - Image by Jorge Candeias, 30 August 2003

In Andalusia, the logo appears in a fancy 3-D arrangement, filled with perspective and gradation. It also includes the word "Andalucía", in white, inside a white ring. In the flags, however, the name of the region appears outside the ring.

Jorge Candeias, 30 August 2003

Madrid

Flag of the Madrid branch of the UGT - Images by Eugene Ipavec, 5 October 2010

Protest flag

In recent protests the Catalonian branch of UGT (website) used a flag displaying black scissors with a prohibition sign (flag), as a protest against recent budget cuts.

Esteban Rivera, 8 October 2012

Flag used during the Civil War

Flag used by UGT during the Civil War - Image by Eugene Ipavec, 5 October 2010

A flag used by the UGT during the Civli War is hosnw under glass in a museum. Las Ventas con Peña Aguilera is a municipality in the Province of Toledo.

Eugene Ipavec, 5 October 2010