Spain: UGT union reelects Candido Mendez as general secretary after 40th Congress

ss on April 1-4, Candido Mendez was reelected with 93.2% of votes for (none against) and more support than four years ago – when he gathered 75.9% of the votes. This reelection confirms that this man, 57, is key to the Spanish socio-economic panorama, while other major role players have taken office: Ignacio Fernandez Toxo (see our dispatch No. 081040), has inaugurated his first term as the leader of the CCOO and Gerardo Diaz Ferran (see our dispatch No. 081040) is earning legitimacy within the