Candido Mendez, UGT secretary general will step down from the position during its 42nd congress being held from 09-12 March 2016 in Madrid. Potential successors are trying to rally support for their own specific tickets. The main challenge for the yet to be elected leader will be to restore the union’s image that has suffered from a series of corruption scandals.
A tricky end to the Candido Mendez reign. If the forecasts actually come about, three candidates will be in position to present themselves as successors to Candido Mendez during the 42nd UGT congress. 64 and at the helm for the past twenty-two years Candido Mendez had thought to step down in 2014 before finally deciding to continue on to the 2016 congress in a bid to get the union back on track. His final mandate focused on reorganizing its structure and regrouping the various federations into
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