Galician Workers' Front

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|ideology = Galician nationalism
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Galician independence

|position = Left-wing

|national = Galician Nationalist Bloc {{smaller|(2010–12; 2017–present)}}
{{small|None (2014–15)
Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood (2012–14)}}

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Galician Workers' Front (FOGA, Fronte Obreira Galega in Galician language) is a Galician political organization. It was formed in 2010 by militants of the trade union world, mainly of the Confederación Intersindical Galega (CIG). The organization was integrated in the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG){{cite web|url=http://www.elcorreogallego.es/galicia/ecg/fronte-obreira-galega-sera-nueva-corriente-en-el-bng/idEdicion-2010-07-21/idNoticia-571443/|title=Fronte Obreira Galega será nueva corriente en el BNG|publisher=Elcorreogallego.es|access-date=12 October 2014|archive-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101014602/http://www.elcorreogallego.es/galicia/ecg/fronte-obreira-galega-sera-nueva-corriente-en-el-bng/idEdicion-2010-07-21/idNoticia-571443/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/vigo/2010/07/21/0003_8622200.htm|title=Fronte Obreira Galega se presenta en Vigo como una nueva corriente del nacionalismo|author=La Voz de Galicia|publisher=Lavozdegalicia.es|access-date=12 October 2014}} until 2012, when the FOGA abandoned the BNG and was one of the three parties that formed Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood.{{cite web|url=http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/elecciones-gallegas-2012/2012/09/18/alternativa-galega-coloca-numero-dos-pontevedra-sindicalista-despedida-povisa/00031347961647485414568.htm?idioma=galego|title=Alternativa Galega coloca de número dous por Pontevedra a unha sindicalista despedida de Povisa|author=La Voz de Galicia|work=La Voz de Galicia|access-date=12 October 2014}}

History

FOGA had an MP in the Galician Parliament, Chelo Martínez, between 2012 and 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/elecciones-gallegas-2012/2012/10/23/foga-50-militantes-sera-partido-minoritario-parlamento/0003_201210G23P8991.htm?idioma=galego|title=FOGA, con 50 militantes, será o partido máis minoritario no Parlamento|author=La Voz de Galicia|work=La Voz de Galicia|access-date=12 October 2014}} Its top leaders are Miguel Anxo Malvido, its national coordinator, and Tino Álvarez, the national spokesperson. in 2014 Chelo Martínez left FOGA and joined Cerna.

FOGA left Anova in 2014.[http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/galicia/2014/09/13/anova-pierde-foga-tres-partidos-forman/0003_201409G13P9992.htm?idioma=galego Anova pierde a FOGA, uno de los tres partidos que la forman.] Since then, FOGA has become closer to the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) again[http://www.farodevigo.es/gran-vigo/2015/08/11/bng-fronte-obreira-galega-impulsan/1294155.html BNG y Fronte Obreira Galega impulsan en Vigo una candidatura para las elecciones generales.]{{Cite web |url=http://www.sermosgaliza.gal/articulo/politica/fronte-obreira-galega-bng-prol-dunha-candidatura-galega/20150810140645039875.html |title=Fronte Obreira Galega e BNG a prol dunha candidatura galega. |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-date=14 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814072022/http://www.sermosgaliza.gal/articulo/politica/fronte-obreira-galega-bng-prol-dunha-candidatura-galega/20150810140645039875.html |url-status=dead }}

FOGA supported We–Galician Candidacy in the 2015 Spanish general election.{{cite news |date=30 October 2015 |url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/galicia/2015/10/30/carlos-callon-da-paso-cabeza-lista-nos-candidatura-galega/00031446206918712167364.htm |title=Carlos Callón da el paso para ser cabeza de lista de Nós-Candidatura Galega |language=es |newspaper=La Voz de Galicia |access-date=11 July 2020}} In the 2016 Spanish general election FOGA supported the BNG again. in January 2017 FOGA rejoined the BNG.[http://www.galiciaconfidencial.com/noticia/47081-bng-integra-fronte-obreira-galega?pag_com=%201 O BNG integra á Fronte Obreira Galega.] Galicia Confidencial, Santiago de Compostela, 27/01/2017.

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