Manuel Andreu Colomer

Manuel Andreu Colomer was a Catalan politician and trade unionist.[1]

He was a founding member of Solidaritat Obrera and its successor union, the CNT, in 1913 he was in charge of directing the union's newspaper Solidaridad Obrera.[2] On 18 October 1914 he represented the CNT in the Assembly of Mataró and was imprisoned shortly afterwards.[2] On 30 October 1915 he was elected as General Secretary of the CNT, a position that he occupied until August 1916.[1][2] However, due to his Catalanist convictions, Duran eventually joined Acció Catalana Republicana and was elected to the Barcelona City Council in October 1936.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Martínez de Sas, María Teresa (2000). Diccionari biogràfic del moviment obrer als Països Catalans (in Catalan). L'Abadia de Montserrat. p. 96. ISBN 978-84-8415-243-9.
  2. "Notes biogràfiques: Andreu Colomer, Manuel" (in Catalan). Diccionari de Sindicats, Sindicalistes i de la Història del Moviment Obrer de Catalunya (dels orígens fins l'any 1939). July 28, 2019.
  3. d'Olwer, Lluís Nicolau; Cuito i Canals, Ferran (2003). Epistolari de l'exili francès, 1941-1946 (in Catalan). L'Abadia de Montserrat. p. 53. ISBN 978-84-8415-465-5.
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