Trade Union Council organization
also: Trained Union, TUC, lands trade union council, Gaiwanese Trade Union Council
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Richard Ishmaelperson · 41963 Guyana General Strikeevent · 4CIAintelligence service · 3William McCabeperson · 3International Regional Labor Organizationorganization · 2John McConeperson · 1Harold Macmillanperson · 1Presidential Intelligence Advisory Boardorganization · 1Georgetownplace · 1Guyana Projectoperation · 1Washington, D.C.place · 1Richard Helmsperson · 1Gene Meekinperson · 1Georgetown Riotsevent · 1Philip Ageeperson · 1AFL-CIOorganization · 1
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Richard Ishmael member_of
Trade Union Council documented
“Trade Union Council that was headed by an East Indian, Richard Ishmael. He had already attended the Union Labor Activist University training program in Washington, D.C. So Ishmael is one of them. As a percentage of unionists in the years be…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy CIA Secret Wars Part 1 @ 1:00:16
Richard Ishmael headed
Trade Union Council documented
“as in 1962, was called the Trade Union Council, which, as we have seen, was a member in good standing of the CIA's International Labor Mafia. The head of the TUC was a guy by the name of Richard Ishmael. And we're going to include his Wikip…”
▶ Operation Gladio-British Guiana (Guyana) 1953-1964 @ 27:41
CIA funded
Trade Union Council documented
“could build their project patiently. Records indicate expenditures for Guyana that coincided with a program began by the labor efforts to build more than 500 houses for Ishmael's trade union council at a cost of $2 million.…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy CIA Secret Wars Part 1 @ 1:01:17
International Regional Labor Organization converted
Trade Union Council book_quoted
“In the early 1950s, Orrit was instrumental in the conversion of the leading confederation of unions in Guyana, the Trade Union Council, from a militant labor organization to a vehicle which they dubbed, quote-unquote, anti-communism. And I …”
▶ Operation Gladio-British Guiana (Guyana) 1953-1964 @ 9:55
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In the early 1950s, Orrit was instrumental in the conversion of the leading confederation of unions in Guyana, the Trade Union Council, from a militant labor organization to a vehicle which they dubbed, quote-unquote, anti-communism. And I …
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as in 1962, was called the Trade Union Council, which, as we have seen, was a member in good standing of the CIA's International Labor Mafia. The head of the TUC was a guy by the name of Richard Ishmael. And we're going to include his Wikip…
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which was their schoolhouse to teach union activists how to be basically CIA fronts. During the 50s, the Inter-American Regional Organization, O-R-I-T, and let's see, during the 50s, the O-R-I-T had been most active in Guyana, encouraging t…
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There's no evidence that they were actually involved in it. I'm sorry, explain that to me again. Okay, McCabe had been in Georgetown during the 1962 riots, but we didn't find anything. Those who wondered about his lack of union background w…
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Trade Union Council that was headed by an East Indian, Richard Ishmael. He had already attended the Union Labor Activist University training program in Washington, D.C. So Ishmael is one of them. As a percentage of unionists in the years be…
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could build their project patiently. Records indicate expenditures for Guyana that coincided with a program began by the labor efforts to build more than 500 houses for Ishmael's trade union council at a cost of $2 million.…
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responsible for CIA labor operations, briefed the president's foreign intelligence advisory board, including Guyana, among his subjects. The centerpiece would be a general strike begun by the Trade Union Council with the CIA support. Trigge…
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80 days, and this one was paid for by the CIA as well. Prime Minister Jagen calculated that the Trade Union Council would exhaust its strike funds in a month, after which the government would have its way. But Richard Ishmael met secretly w…
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The labor union, McCabe's parent organization. Gene Meekin, a labor specialist, worked directly for the trade union council, providing advice and editing radio scripts in a weekly newspaper. Ex-agency officer Philip Agee, the guy that the C…
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deny any assistance coming into Jagan, even though they were basically arranging economic boycotts. June 21st, President Kennedy reviewed the state of play. John McComb and Richard Helms attended for the CIA, and Helms took notes. According…