The Burma Trade Union Congress was a central

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organization in

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. The BTUC was founded in December 1950 as the trade union wing of the

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. BTUC was formed after a split away from the

Trade Union Congress (Burma) 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.Rose, Saul. ...

(TUC(B)).

Thakin Lwin Burmese honorific, Thakin Lwin ( my, သခင်လွင်, ; 5 November 1914 – 20 December 1996) was a Burmese politician and trade unionist, writer and journalist. He was a leading member of the anti-colonial Dobama Asiayone movement,Thaki ...

, former Minister of Labour (1948-1949), served as the president of BTUC. BTUC was affiliated to the

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. BTUC held its first congress in

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February 9–12, 1951.

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Trade unions in Myanmar

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