The Programmatic Resolution of the IX Congress of the Socialist Trade Union Tendency (TSS) of UGT, held on November 22, 2025, and approved unanimously and by acclamation, has decided to proceed with re-election, believing it represents a commitment to leadership that believes in the power of work, socialist solidarity, and the future of democratic socialism.
The TSS acknowledged that unionism faces significant challenges regarding representativeness and capacity for social influence and emphasized that it cannot remain tied to outdated organizational models.
Highlighting issues such as technology and increasingly precarious work, the TSS noted the loss of work’s centrality in democratic life and the growing disconnect between unions and new generations as key challenges for union activity.
“Young workers experience realities starkly different from those shaping traditional unionism: unstable jobs, multiple employments, irregular incomes, platform work, consecutive internships, and fragmented careers. Many do not see themselves represented or understand the relevance of unions,” it pointed out, emphasizing that “regaining this generation is crucial and requires rebuilding language, participation formats, and more flexible, digital, decentralized, and inclusive organizational models.”
The resolution also highlights labor reforms that weaken collective bargaining, increase precariousness, or add rigidity without truly protecting workers, alongside the fragmentation of the trade union movement itself.
For the TSS of UGT, another challenge is the “growing economic pressure on workers” and the renewal of unionism.
This re-election aims to address these problems, notably through the active defense of labor rights and collective bargaining, promotion of equality and combatting inequalities, political intervention, and social dialogue, among other lines of action.
“These strategic lines outline the action framework for socialist trade unionists: a modern, inclusive, and strategically oriented unionism that reaffirms the centrality of work, defends rights, promotes equality, and builds social justice,” it emphasized.
According to the entity, these serve as “guidance for each decision, negotiation, campaign, and initiative of the movement, ensuring that UGT and the Socialist Trade Union Tendency stay at the forefront of defending dignified work and the future of workers.”
