Workers in Struggle Collectives
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Col·lectius d'Obrers en Lluita (Catalan
Catalan language
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 for 'Collectives of Workers in Struggle') was a Catalan
Catalonia
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 left-nationalist trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

. COLL functioned as the trade union wing of the Socialist Party of National Liberation - provisional (PSAN-p). COLL, which was formed by members of CC.OO. emerged in January 1977, with cells in Barcelona
Barcelona
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, Lleida
Lleida
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 and Majorca. In September the same year COLL broke away from CC.OO.

COLL published Obrers en Lluita.

In 1987 COLL merged into the Trade Union Workers Coordination (Coordinadora Obrera Sindical).
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