Isabel Pallarès
Isabel Pallarès | |
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| General secretary of Intersindical-CSC | |
| In office 1998–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Miquel Porter i Moix |
| Succeeded by | Carles Sastre i Benlliure |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 Almacelles, Catalonia, Spain |
| Died | (aged 57) Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
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Isabel Pallarès i Roqué (1964 – 24 June 2021) was a Catalan teacher and trade unionist who was the first woman to serve as general secretary of a class trade union organization in Catalonia, a position she held for 15 years.[1]
Biography
[edit]As a teacher, Pallarès taught secondary education at Intersindical-CSC in the 1990s. Between 1998 and 2003, she served as general secretary of the pro-independence union, becoming the first woman in Catalonia to lead a class union organization. Pallarès was elected confederal secretary, a position that would eventually become general secretary in 1998 to replace Miquel Porter i Moix. After fifteen years at the head of the organization, she gave her testimony to Carles Sastre i Benlliure, who had accompanied her during her term as secretary of Trade Union Action. Later, the union was led by Sergi Perelló i Miró.[2][3]
The years of Pallarès as the general secretary of Intersindical-CSC explain the evolution and the current positioning of the power station, which in recent years has experienced strong growth. She managed to move from a model of federated autonomous unions to a more confederal and unitary type organization and to make social and national demands more explicit and forceful. Pallarès was still active in the union's organs; she was part of its national secretariat. In the international sphere, Intersyndical-CSC consolidated the relationship with ELA and the IGC and opened intense relations with LAB, which led it to create the Platform of Stateless Nations Unions.[2][3]
Pallarès died on 24 June 2021 at the age of 57, leaving a husband and two children, after suffering a long illness.[2][4]
References
[edit]- ^ «S’ha mort Isabel Pallarès, ex-secretària general de la Intersindical-CSC», la redacció, Vilaweb, 24-06-2021. [Consulta 28-06-2021].
- ^ a b c Casas, Ferran (24 June 2021). "Mor Isabel Pallarès, ex-secretària general de la Intersindical-CSC La docent va ser la primera dona que va liderar una central sindical de classe a Catalunya". Nació Digital. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Mor la sindicalista Isabel Pallarès". El Nacional. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Mor als 57 anys Isabel Pallarès, exsecretària general de la Intersindical-CSC". El Temps. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2022-01-11.