Galician Workers Party (in Galician

Galician language

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: Partido Obreiro Galego) was a political party

Political party

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 in Galicia, Spain

Spain

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. POG was founded in October 1977, following a split from the Galician Popular National Bloc (BNPG). POG was led by Camilo Nogueira and Xan López Facal. 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

Communist Movement

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, Galician Socialist Party, Communist Party of Galicia

Communist Party of Galicia

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 and Workers Party of Spain.

At its peak POG had around 200 members, mainly based in Vigo

Vigo

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 and Santiago de Compostela

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.

In the 1979 general and municipal elections POG formed part of the coalition Galician Unity

Galician Unity

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 (Unidade Galega). In the 1980 plebiscite on the Galician Statute, POG propagated for a blank vote.

In December 1980 the party was reconstructed as Galician Left (Esquerda Galega).