e/Trade Union Congress (Burma)

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has gloss	eng: The Trade Union Congress (Burma) was a central trade union organization in Burma. The TUC(B) was founded by the Socialist Party in November 1945, in an attempt to counter the influence of the communist-led All Burma Trade Union Congress. Dedok U Ba Cho was the President of TUC(B). The TUC(B) was an affiliate of the governing Anti-Fascist Peoples Freedom League. Under Lwins leadership, the TUC(B) steered towards an openly communist line. This shift could be seen in debates on whether the TUC(B) should join the World Federation of Trade Unions. At the May Day rally of 1950, TUC(B) demonstrators had carried large portraits of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao. In his speech at the rally, Thakin Lwin publicly declared that TUC(B) followed the communist party line and said that the organisation should join the WFTU. He harshly condemned the policy of the Burmese government of accepting British financial aid. But he also denounced the White Flag Communist Party, Red Flag Communist Party and Tito as deviationists. Thakin Lwin's speech made the ongoing division in the Socialist Party public. In 1951, the socialist leader Ba Swe became the President of TUC(B).
lexicalization	eng: Trade Union Congress
instance of	c/Trade unions in Burma