Relations with Russia. A Speech in Favour of International Trade Unity.
London. Trade Union Unity. 1925. Stock ID #177587 Transcript of a speech given by the author in Amsterdam on the 6th of February 1925 regarding the admission of the All-Russian Federation of Trade Unions into the International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU). At this time Mr Bramley was the General Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress (TUC). When referring to this item please quote stockid 177587.
19pp. Card covers browned at edges and little foxed, overall a very good copy.
The TUC had previously opposed, and later begrudgingly supported, the establishment of relations with Soviet Russia - this conference was the first at which an unconditional process of admission was endorsed by their delegation. Prompted by the 1921 Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement, the TUC's official policy was altered to accommodate dealings with Russia - but placed it in opposition to the broadly anti-Bolshevik social democratic policy of continental European members. By early 1927 the TUC was the most stanchly pro-Soviet trade union federation in Europe.
The author also addresses concerns raised by the most vocal continental delegate to the IFTU - Léon Jouhaux. At this time Jouhaux was Secretary-General of the French General Confederation of Labour, and would later go on to be a principal figure at the 1936 Matignon Accords, an internee at Buchenwald concentration camp from 1943-45, and the 1951 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
OCLC: 40844219
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