Bandera Sindicato Andaluz de los Trabajadores

The Andalusian Workers' Union (, ) is a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

in the

autonomous community The autonomous communities () are the first-level administrative divisions of Spain, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy to the nationalities and regions that make up Sp ...

Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

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

anti-capitalism Anti-capitalism is a political ideology and movement encompassing a variety of attitudes and ideas that oppose capitalism. Anti-capitalists seek to combat the worst effects of capitalism and to eventually replace capitalism with an alternati ...

internationalism Internationalism may refer to: * Cosmopolitanism, the view that all human ethnic groups belong to a single community based on a shared morality as opposed to communitarianism, patriotism and nationalism * International Style, a major architectura ...

and

Andalusian nationalism Andalusian nationalism is the nationalism that asserts that Andalusians are a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Andalusians. In the past it was considered to be represented primarily by the Andalusian Party, but the party disbanded in 2 ...

. It is led by

Diego Cañamero Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. ...

. 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

Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...

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 ''

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'' in a supposed

Andalusian language Andalusian language may refer to: * Andalusian Spanish, a Spanish dialect spoken in Andalusia * Andalusian language movement, a fringe movement aiming for the recognition of Andalusian as a different language from Spanish * Andalusi Arabic Anda ...

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