TRADE UNION ATTITUDE TOWARD INDONESIAN POLICE ACTION

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CIA-RDP82-00457R002300330009-5
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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November 9, 2016
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December 15, 1998
Sequence Number: 
9
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Publication Date: 
February 7, 1949
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REPORT
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CLASS3FICATlON Approved For RelOi9N~i-@9S ~IVFAR~ATI COt1NTR~ Th? Netherlands X82-0045~ipQ$tNl~ ~~ CD N0. SllE3JECT Trrnde Union Attitude F~~G~~~~ r~~___..t_... T~w1 Jww Aw4 ~~~~~ ACQUIRED DATE OF iN DATE ?iSTR. ?Feb 194+5X1 A2g NO.OF PAGES 1 ` N0.OF ENCLS. cur~cea enow~ SUPPLEMENT TO 25X1 X6 REPORT N0. la It has been ascertained that, with .the e~oiseption of the Caurauniat-e~trollad EViC? (Unity Trades Union Central) and the OVB (Independent Confederation of Factory ~yorkers) of Cos~munist tendencies, the Dutch Trades Unions conai.der the T~etherlanda governcaent police action in Indon?sia strictly a political mati.er and, a~s such, not the basis far a gave of protest strikesP 24 Originally the OVB, a small rival of h'VC and influential. or>viy among the cock and transport workers in Rotterdam, candeianed the police action and obtained support fz~ar~ EVC in its intention to stage protest strikes, iirn~rever, vrhen b'VC issued a call to Rotterdar;- harbor workers far a 24-~eour strike r~ithout prior native to OVI1, the latter refused to participate and its ~renibera stayed at work, After this experience Frith 1~'VC, OvB decided to align itself with, the NW (Iletherlanda Trade Unions Association) L^~hich deplored the Indonesian action but refused to use it as an excuse for strikesa Although the EVC has strongly opposed governn~,at policy in Indonesia and eucx..oned t1s~t working class to de.~end its interests, it has based its appeals for aetioa pri~a.rilby on econvr~ic factors and not on the Indonesian incident, b'VC ~ a plena for invoking strikes were formulated well before the renevred police wctioa in Indonesia and were published ill De ~;taarheid on 17 JJec~ztioer 191+8, which wa-s prior to the goverment ?s move, It is, therefore, apparent that the EVC f seta the Iadoneafaa mi~~atioa in incidental to tf~e eueeesa oaf its prograao ~1hil.e there have been a fern isol.a.ted strikes since the butch Army moved in Indonesia, these have been, for the most ps.rt, in the Aussterdam area and, thus far, reflect EVC actfrr3.tl.es 3n the economic field rather than as attempt to exploit the situation in T~ndonesia? .;;Ji~6r..~.,;~::i`;f-; i;^ia in arr..ord' ~';',~ ','~~ ~'znr o; SC3 C3rto'.: ~ 8 frorn i:;~; f~i~~~c#or of ~P n#elli~ence to tn3 ",re's~ivist e United States. eview Date: 2008 Approved For Release 1999/09/09 :CIA-RDP82-004578002300330009-5