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Trade Unionists for Peace
[edit]General History
[edit]The Trade Unionists for Peace was a coalition of several independent and AFL-CIO affiliated trade unions. It was formed for the purpose of protesting United States involvement in the Vietnam War. It was formed on March 6, 1966 in a convention of 300 local union officials in Detroit, Michigan. The primary group represented was the United Auto Workers.[1] However, other independent unions like the International Longshormen and Warehousemen's union played an important role in the convention.[2] Soon after its formation the Trade Unionists for Peace was reorganized into the Trade Union Division (TUD) of the National Committee for Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE),[3] however it would continue to be referred to by both TUD and Trade Unionists for Peace during its lifetime. The organization expanded rapidly, opening offices in 7 major cities,[4] although its primary office remained in Detroit where it published a political newspaper called The Countdown.[5] The TUD worked closely with both local unions and the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) to organize protests against U.S. involvement in Vietnam. They were successful in organizing several protests in major cities. One such protest took place in New York City on March 26, 1966 and numbered 800 participants.[6]
The TUD was very involved in Chicago, Illinois. They held a convention in the city in 1966, featuring 400 delegates, where they formally called for an immediate ceasefire in Vietnam.[4] In 1967 another convention was held at the University of Chicago, featuring keynote speaker Martin Luther King Jr.[7] The pro-war AFL-CIO attended and a joint coalition between the two groups was formed called the Labor Leadership Assembly for Peace (LLAP). The LLAP initially took on most of the duties of the TUD, and quickly replaced them in relevance. However they disintegrated only a year after founding in 1968.[4] The breakup was primarily due to internal disagreements over levels of antiwar support.[7] This would largely although not completely end the TUD's presence in antiwar circles.
Although the organization lost most of its prominence by founding the LLAP, it still actively worked with the SDS and other student groups to organize campus protests. The most notable of these were three student protests organized in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara for the dates of April 15th and 16th in 1970.[8] The organization maintained some relevance throughout the early 1970's, at least symbolically. A large protest was held in Washington D.C. on April 25, 1971. While not formally involved in the protest, their namesake was proclaimed in a speech by International Vice President of the Teamsters, Harold Gibbons Banners. He stated, "Trade Unionists for peace, labor for peace, teachers for peace." it is not known when the organization formally disbanded, however its last mention was in 1971.[9] It can be assumed that the organization slowly faded from relevance in the early to mid 1970's and disappeared completely after the United States' withdrawal from Vietnam.
List of Unions Affiliated with Trade Unionists for Peace
[edit]- AFL-CIO (1967-1968)
- Clothing Workers Union
- Drug and Hospital Workers Union (With special attention to Local 1199)
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union
- Meat Cutters and Butchers Workingmen's Union
- United Auto Workers
References
[edit]- ^ Booth, Paul (March 6, 1966). "National Secretary's Report". New Left Notes. p. 4. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ Long, Jason (Fall 2022). "Organized Labor and the Antiwar Movement". https://crimsonhistorical.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Organized-Labor-and-the-Vietnam-Antiwar.pdf. 5 (1): 18.
{{cite journal}}: External link in|journal= - ^ "SANE Forms Labor Group". New York Times. May 8, 1966. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ a b c Roman, Peter (March 13, 1971). "Labors War Discontent Rises". The Guardian. p. 4. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ “Mailing List of Organizations Opposing the War in Vietnam.” Central Committee for Correspondence. January 1968.
- ^ "800 Attend a Labor Rally to Protest Vietnam War". New York Times. March 9, 1966. p. 4.
- ^ a b Dowdall, Aaron. “We Saw Israel: American and Israeli Workers in the Middle East and Africa." dissertation. University of Wisconsin Madison. 2017. p. 322.
- ^ "Stop the War". El Gaucho. April 14, 1970. p. 3.
- ^ McLeod, Don (April 25, 1971). "Thousands March Protest Route". Ogdensburg Journal.
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