Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muErandio, Biscay, Rubial akanga ari mushandi wesimbi. Akabatana neUnion General de Trabajadores (UGT) muna 1920 uye neSpanish Socialist Workers 'Party (PSOE) muna 1922. Muna 1934, akasungwa nokuda kwemabasa echimurenga panguva yeAsturian miners'strike ya1934
, nokuda kwacho akachengetwa kwemwedzi minomwe mungarava yavasungwa. Iye ipapo akatongerwa makore manomwe mutorongo nokuda kwokumukira, asi akaregererwa pashure pokukunda kwePeople's Front musarudzo huru dzeSpain dza1936.