Communiqué 

“WE ARE THE CNT – AIT”

ON THE OCCASION OF THE TRIALS IN 

THE NATIONAL COURT AGAINST THE CNT-AIT

On Thursday, September 19, the trials against 16 unions of the CNT-AIT will begin as a result of the demands of the CNT-CIT, a union with which until less than 10 years ago we formed a single organization. We will not go into explaining the reason for this situation, something we already did 3 years ago in a text entitled “Against all odds.” Our intention today is to inform and point out some issues regarding the content and meaning of the demands.

The lawsuits seek to force us (by the State) to stop using “the name National Confederation of Labor, the initials CNT, its distinctive signs [flags and logos] … and its emblem [Hercules fighting the Nemean Lion]”, with the argument that “they are National Trademarks registered” (in the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office) in the name of the CNT-CIT.