85% of UGT Union Delegates Report Using Catalan at Work

A positive takeaway from the recent UGT report is that 85% of union representatives still use Catalan in some capacity during their workday. However, the study differentiates between “occasional use” and “systemic relevance,” showing that many use Catalan for personal interactions with colleagues but switch to Spanish for formal documentation or meetings. This highlights a “bilingualism of convenience” where Catalan remains a social language but loses ground as a formal corporate language.

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