World Trade Union Conference

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The World Trade Union Conference between 6–17 February 1945 was participated in by countries from all around the world, at County Hall, London. Regarded as a significant moment within the international labour movement as it was the first time that workers from around the world came together to influence international politics. It was a product of the wave of popular internationalism and union self-confidence following the defeat of fascism in World War II.

Both Clement Attlee and King George VI spoke to the audience at the conference. 204 representatives from 63 Unions around the world attended the conference including those from the Soviet Union, in an attempt to have representation within the United Nations and Security Council. The conference, which was organised in the vein of the anti-fascist movement being much inspired by both union and state notions of a new world order plus influenced by the interests of the allied nations. Anti-war, post war reconstruction post-war and Trade Union were on the agenda.

The conference resulted in the Declarations of the World Trade Union Conference, which were published in San Francisco by the Trade Union Council in 1945 and inspired the Fifth Pan-African Congress to beheld later the same year in Manchester.

One of the purposes of the conference was to create a draft constitution for the World Federation of Trade Unions which was established at the first World Trades Union Congress which convened in Paris in October 1945.

Attendees
The committee consisted of 45 voting members and one non-voting member while many other notable figures participated.

Asia
China: Chu Hsueh Fan
India: Shripad Amrit Dange, R.A. Khedgikar, S.K. Pramanik, A.K. Pillai
Palestine: John Asfour, Bulus Farah, A Rabinovitz

Africa

Nigeria: T.A. Bankole
The Gambia: I.M. Garba-Jahumpa
Ghana: J.S. Annan
Sierra Leone: I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson
South Africa: F.R. Swan

Europe
Belgium: J. Brodier, Joseph Bondas, Walter Schevenels
Bulgaria: T.L. Pranov
Cyprus: Andreas Ziartides
Czechoslovakia: J. Kosina
Finland: E. Harma
France: Benoît Frachon, Albert Gazier, Louis Saillant
Iceland: B. Bjarnasson
Ireland: G. Lynch
Italy: G. Canini
Netherlands: C.J. Van Lienden
New Zealand: Alec Croskery
Norway: Ingvald Haugen, Konrad Nordahl
Soviet Union: Vasili Kuznetsov, E.I. Sidorenko, Mikhail Tarasov
Spain: A. Rosal
Sweden: Gunnar Andersson
United Kingdom: Walter Citrine, Ebby Edwards, Lincoln Evans, George Isaacs, Herbert Morrison
Yugoslavia: Đuro Salaj

North America
Canada: Pat Sullivan, J. McGuire
Cuba: Angel Cofiño
Jamaica: Ken Hill, Una Marson
United States: Sidney Hillman, Philip Murray, Reid Robinson, R. J. Thomas

Oceania

Australia: Ernie Thornton

South America
Columbia: Bernardo Medina
Uruguay: Luis Gonzalez
Unknown: B. Goodwin, B. Locker, J.H. Oldenbrock and V.L. Toledano

External links

https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TOF/WF/1

References

1945 conferences
World Federation of Trade Unions