▁named ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Inter union ▁Committee , ▁and ▁thus ▁given ▁the ▁tw in ▁respons ib ilities ▁of ▁coordin ating ▁policy ▁among ▁the ▁my ri ad ▁un ions ▁in ▁the ▁CG T , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁resol ving ▁conflict ▁as ▁it ▁appeared . ▁The ▁CG T ▁presented ▁its ▁first ▁platform ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 1 , ▁draft ing ▁a ▁program ▁calling ▁for ▁a ▁guaranteed ▁freedom ▁to ▁organ ize , ▁greater ▁pay ▁and ▁benefits , ▁and ▁a ▁formal ▁say ▁in ▁public ▁policy , ▁among ▁other ▁re forms . ▁S par ing ▁use ▁of ▁strike ▁actions ▁and ▁inten se ▁lo bb ying , ▁particularly ▁on ▁Bor l eng hi ' s ▁part ▁as ▁the ▁Inter union ▁Committee ▁head , ▁resulted ▁in ▁Cong r essional ▁passage ▁of ▁the ▁land mark ▁Law ▁ 1 1 7 2 9 ▁( form al izing ▁labor ▁contract s ▁in ▁the ▁service ▁sector ), ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 . ▁ ▁This ▁success ▁arrived ▁during ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁growing ▁divisions ▁in ▁the ▁CG T , ▁however . ▁As ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁sector ▁within ▁the ▁CG T ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁Bor l eng hi ▁helped ▁separate ▁the ▁more ▁social ist ▁se ctors ▁from ▁the ▁rest ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁leaving ▁them ▁to ▁reconst itute ▁the ▁smaller ▁USA ▁union . ▁Further ▁cont ention ▁led ▁to ▁Bor l eng hi ' s ▁joining ▁municipal ▁workers ' ▁leader ▁Francisco ▁Pérez ▁Le ir ós ▁into ▁a ▁" CG T ▁Number ▁ 2 ," ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 2