Galician Workers Party (in Galician: Partido Obreiro Galego) was a political party in Galicia, Spain. A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral Galicia (occasionally Galiza) is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. POG was founded in October 1977, following a split from the Galician Popular National Bloc (BNPG). Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays POG was led by Camilo Nogueira and Xan López Facal. Camilo Nogueira Román was born on 22 November 1936 in Vigo ( Galicia) The founders of POG saw autonomy as a first step towards Galician self-rule. POG attracted members from various parties, like Communist Movement of Galicia, Galician Socialist Party, Communist Party of Galicia and Workers Party of Spain. Communist Movement (in Spanish: Movimento Comunista, in Basque: Mugimendu Komunista, in Catalan: Moviment Comunista, in The Socialist Party of Galicia ( Galician and Spanish: Partido Socialista de Galicia) is the federation of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party Communist Party of Galicia (in Galician: Partido Comunista de Galicia) is the federation of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE in Galicia. Workers Party (in Spanish: Partido de los Trabajadores) was a communist Political party in Spain.
At its peak POG had around 200 members, mainly based in Vigo and Santiago de Compostela. For other meanings see Vigo (disambiguation Vigo is the largest city in Galicia, Spain, in terms of population Santiago de Compostela (also Saint James of Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia and a UNESCO World
In the 1979 general and municipal elections POG formed part of the coalition Galician Unity (Unidade Galega). Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Galician Unity ( Galician: Unidade Galega; UG) was a Galician nationalist and social democratic political coalition formed In the 1980 plebiscite on the Galician Statute, POG propagated for a blank vote. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)
In December 1980 the party was reconstructed as Galician Left (Esquerda Galega). Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)