A high-ranking union official, especially from UGT or CCOO, perceived as privileged and disconnected from the working class.
“Bajo la denominación de "Los Comegambas", el sindicato Solidaridad ha llevado a cabo una provocadora campaña frente a la sede de UGT en Madrid, con disfraces de gamba, para ridiculizar los conocidos mariscadas sufragadas por todos los españoles.”
From comer (“to eat”) + gamba (“prawn”), literally, “prawn eater”. Originally used to describe union leaders partaking in lavish seafood meals. The term evolved into a synecdochical reference to high-ranking union officials perceived as disconnected from the working class. It gained prominence in Andalusia after the circulation of a photograph depicting union leaders with trays of seafood.