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We are sorry to report the death of leading trade unionist Marcelino Camacho, the first General Secretary of Spain’s Comisiones Obreras (CC.OO) trade union.
Born into a railway worker’s family in 1918, Marcelino Camacho joined the UGT union and the Spanish Communist Party aged 17, and was detained and imprisoned during and after the Spanish Civil War.
After spending time in Algiers, and now married to Josefina Samper, he returned to Spain in 1957, with the couple’s two children. Settling in Madrid, Camacho found employment as a metalworker, and co-founded the CC.OO in Madrid.
Camacho was arrested in 1972 during a meeting of the union’s national coordinating body and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, before being released in 1976 after Franco’s death. He was elected the new union’s first ever General Secretary at its inaugural congress in 1978, and reelected at the following two congresses, as well as being elected a member of parliament for the Communist Party in post-Franco Spain’s first democratic elections. He later resigned this post in order to devote himself entirely to trade unionism.
At the fourth Congress of the CC.OO Camacho stepped down as General Secretary, and was elected President of the union. He remained in this post until 1996, after which time he devoted himself to writing, speaking at conferences and participating in union activities. His role was acknowledged with various honours and awards, in Spain and abroad.
The CC.OO's Executive Board said: "We are deeply saddened by the death of our first General Secretary, who contributed decisively to making us such a strong union, and would like to express our heavy sorrow to the family."
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