Overview
- The Confederación Intersindical Galega confirmed Alcántara died in the early hours of May 28, 2026 and expressed condolences to his family.
- He served as a senior CIG figure and was elected secretary confederal for collective bargaining and workplace health in 2005, becoming a reference for nationalist trade-union activists.
- Alcántara played a leading role in the major metal and naval disputes around Vigo, including mass protests in 2007 and a 2009 Maritime Station occupation that drew broad attention.
- Those occupations led to legal consequences: he was sentenced in 2012 after the 2007 Xunta occupation and received an additional nine-month sentence related to the 2009 action.
- A farewell will be held at the Pereiró funeral home in Vigo on Friday at 12:30, and his 2025 memoir about life under Franco is being cited as part of his effort to pass working-class memory to new generations.