controlled, as fascism had a very interventionist policy towards the labour market: full employment for men, even at the expense of low wages or inflation, almost no right to work for married women and no unemployment benefits at all. At the very end of the Francoist State, the sindicato vertical lost its always limited power and illegal trade unions gained force. This led some pragmatic employers to deal with these illegal unions and forsake the "vertical" one. It disappeared in 1977, during the Spanish transition to democracy. Clandestine PCE presence The banned Communist Party of Spain (PCE) considered that the "union" was heavily lopsided in favour of capital but was there to stay, and decided to infiltrate it with their candidates in order to achieve practical gains for the workers' conditions. This was the basis for the communist Workers' Commissions. Leadership See also Movimiento Nacional Minister for Trade Union Relations References 1940 establishments in Spain 1977 disestablishments in Spain Francoist Spain National trade union centers of Spain National syndicalism Trade unions established in 1940 Trade unions disestablished in 1977 Fascist trade unions