Intersindical Nacional dos Traballadores Galegos
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| Full name | National Inter-Union of the Galician Workers |
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| Native name | Intersindical Nacional dos Traballadores Galegos |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Date dissolved | 1993 |
| Affiliation | WFTU |
| Key people | Lois Ríos, first general secretary. Xan Carballo, second general secretary. |
| Office location | Santiago de Compostela, Galicia |
| Country | Spain |
The National Inter-Union of the Galician Workers (Galician: Intersindical Nacional dos Traballadores Galegos, INTG) was a Galician union with a anticapiltalist, leftist and Galician nationalist ideology, direct heir of the Intersindical Nacional Galega (ING), and precursor of Confederación Intersindical Galega (CIG).
The INTG was founded after the 1980 union elections, in which the two galician nationalist unions ran together; the Intersindical Nacional Galega (ING) and the Central de Traballadores Galegos (CTG). Between both, they got 1679 delegates (17.5%), which was more than the 15% of the union representation required by the Spanish law to become a more representative union - which in practice, allows the presence of the union in the negotiations of the collective agreements. The strategic success represented by the unity of the ING and the CTG favored the consolidation of the unification of both unions into a single combative, leftist and Galician nationalist union, which occurred definitely in 1981 when both unions united and formed the INTG.
In January 1982, the INTG celebrated its First Congress, where Lois Ríos was elected as general secretary. That same year, the Confederación Sindical Galega, a split of the Spanish Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) and linked with the Galician Socialist Party. In that year's election, the INTG got 1649 delegates (18.5%).
In 1983, Xan Carballo, one of the main figures of the Communist Party of National Liberation (PCLN), was elected as the new general secretary of the INTG.
After the so-called Pactos de la Castellana, the central government wanted to reconvert the public shipbuilding companies, the INTG, jointly with the Spanish trade unions CCOO and UGT called a strike in the comarca of Vigo, one of the most affected cities by the new state policy., on April 15, 1983. The tension continued to grow in the following months, and the INTG, called for a general strike in February 14, 1984: the first general strike since the Spanish Civil War, which was supported Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG), Galiza Ceibe-OLN, the PSG-EG, the MCG and the Galician Revolutionary Students. CCOO and UGT also called to strike, but only in the cities of Vigo and Ferrol, where the main Galician shipyards were located.
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