Furthermore , Barcelona was one of the strongholds of the anarchist union , the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo ( CNT ) .

It wanted to put Removing down the coup , but was unsure if it could trust the armed forces and did not want to arm Bodily_harm the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo ( CNT ) and Unión General de Trabajadores ( UGT ) trade unions and potentially accelerate Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the ongoing Spanish revolution .

Giral agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to arm the trade unionists in defence Defending of the Republic , and had 60,000 rifles delivered Sending to the CNT and UGT headquarters , although only 5,000 were in working Employment order .