The Galician Workers Union ( SOG , Sindicato Obreiro Galego in Galician language ), was a Galician nationalist and anticapitalist union in Galiza .
6-750: Its official publication was O Eixo , editing at the same time other comarcal and sectorial publications. The SOG was founded in May 1975 when the Frente Obreiro ( Workers Front ) of the Galician People's Union decided to become a union . The SOG was part of the Galician National Popular Assembly (AN-PG). The SOG defended "combative" unionism and rejected any kind o collaboration with the Patronal . In April 1976
12-533: A comarca may correspond to a natural area, like a valley, river basin and mountainous area, or even to historical regions overlapping different provinces and ancient kingdoms (e.g. Ilercavonia ). In such comarcas or natural regions municipalities have resorted to organizing themselves in mancomunidad (commonwealth), like the Taula del Sénia , the only legal formula that has allowed those comarcas to manage their public municipal resources meaningfully. There
18-980: A group of municipalities, legally defined by an autonomous community for the purpose of providing common local government services. In English, a comarca is equivalent to a district , county , area or zone . The large majority of legally defined comarcas are in Catalonia (42) and Aragon (33) , and are regulated by law and are governed by a comarcal council with specified powers. There are seven comarcas formally registered in Basque Country and one, El Bierzo , in Castile and León. In Andalusia , Galicia , Valencia and Asturias , comarcas are defined by regional law but lack any defined function. In other regions, comarcas are traditional or historical or in some cases, contemporary creations designed for tourism promotions. In some other cases (e.g. La Carballeda )
24-682: Is also a comarca, the Cerdanya that is divided between two states, the southwestern half being counted as a comarca of Spain, while the northeastern half is part of France . There are also other groupings of municipalities in Spain including provinces , mancomunidades , metropolitan areas and the major islands of the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands . Legally defined comarcas have their boundaries and functions defined by
30-645: The organization held its first General Assembly. However, it disappeared just a year later, in March 1977 to found, with other unions, the Intersindical Nacional Galega (ING). This article related to Galicia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Comarcas of Spain In Spain , a comarca ( Spanish: [koˈmaɾka] ) is either a traditional territorial division without any formal basis, or
36-612: The relevant regional government ( autonomous community ) and so do not necessarily have boundaries consistent with provinces which are defined by the State. The remit of comarcas is very similar to that of the provinces and has been criticised for duplication. However in Catalonia, the comarca (and not the province) has been the traditional territorial organisation. Reference: An official classification establishes three comarcas: or sometimes four: However, historic approaches (before
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