He is mainly remembered for playing a major role in building and organizing the
workers' movement in
Catalonia. He became General Secretary of the CNT in Catalonia in 1918. While he was General Secretary in Catalonia, the
CNT played a major role in the
La Canadenca strike, which lasted for 44 days, which paralyzed 70% of the Catalan economy, and which led to
Spain being the first country in the world to establish the
8-hour working day by law. During the
strike, Seguí was imprisoned, but was liberated on the last day of the strike, just in time to attend the
general assembly attended by 20.000 workers which ended the strike. He was the person who communicated all the achievements. Together with
Ángel Pestaña, Seguí opposed the
paramilitary actions advocated and carried out by other members of the CNT. On 10 March 1923, while completing preparations to promote the idea of emancipation as a form of social empowerment among workers, he was assassinated by gunshot on Carrer de la Cadena, in Barcelona's Raval District, at the hands of gunmen working for the Catalan employers' organisation under protection of Catalonia's Civil Governor,
Martínez Anido. At this same shooting, another anarcho-syndicalist,
Francesc Comes, known as
Perones, was wounded and was to die several days later. He was buried in the
Cemetery of Montjuïc, Barcelona. He has received many tributes since his death, and a foundation has been launched in his memory, the
Fundación Salvador Seguí, based in Barcelona,
Madrid and
Valencia. In 2023, during the centennial anniversary of his
assassination, many commemorative events were organized. Several expositions were held throughout the territory. In addition, a commemoration was held by the Fundación Salvador Seguí, the
CNT, the
GGT,
Solidaridad Obrera, and the
Fundación Anselmo Lorenzo. A square in
El Raval neighborhood of Barcelona is named after him. == Bibliography ==