Pan Pacific Trade Union Secretariat
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The Pan Pacific Trade Union Secretariat was established as the Asia and Pacific branch of the Profintern
(Red International of Trade Unions, or RILU) at a conference in Hankou
, China in May 1927. The conference set the headquarters of the PPTU in Shanghai. Trade union participants to the founding congress came from the Soviet Union, France, China, Australia, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Great Britain and Indonesia.
Profintern
The Red International of Labor Unions , commonly known as the Profintern, was an international body established by the Communist International with the aim of coordinating Communist activities within trade unions...
(Red International of Trade Unions, or RILU) at a conference in Hankou
Hankou
Hankou was one of the three cities whose merging formed modern-day Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei province, China. It stands north of the Han and Yangtze Rivers where the Han falls into the Yangtze...
, China in May 1927. The conference set the headquarters of the PPTU in Shanghai. Trade union participants to the founding congress came from the Soviet Union, France, China, Australia, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Great Britain and Indonesia.