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unionists participated in the
December rally, with
representatives from 27 inter-
national unions, central labor
bodies and labor-affiliated
groups.
On March 29, Patrick J.
Nilan, legislative director of
the American Postal Workers
Union, testified before a con-
gressional subcommittee on
obstruction of mail in the
Soviet Union. In his
testimony, he stressed the
postal union's opposition to
the "consistent and deliberate
non-delivery or obstruction of
delivery of mail from abroad
to certain citizens of the
Soviet Union, notably Soviet
Jews and others who have ex-
pressed a desire to emigrate."
And earlier this month in
Kansas City, local union
workers distributed leaflets
outside the Soviet Cultural
Exhibit. The trade unionists
took over the vigil on Shabbat
for members of the Jewish
community.

T

he labor movement's
support for a Jewish
state began more than
70 years ago. As early as
1917, the AFL passed a
resolution in favor of a Jewish
state at its convention in New
York.
By the 1940s, the labor
movement became even more
vocal in this support — a
move Professor Kenneth
Waltzer of Michigan State
University said is due in part
to the progressive nature of
unions. The establishment of
Israel, he said, was seen as a
progressive act.
The trade unions were
"part of a broad coalition that
also included liberals, Jews
and liberal Christians who
put pressure on the govern-
ment," to establish a Jewish
state, said Waltzer, who is
writing an essay on American
Jewish labor and the
Holocaust. "Truman listened
carefully to those elements,
but whether or not what they
had to say was crucial is hard
to tell."
Since then, labor's support
of Israel has been noteworthy
for the pro-Israel statements
it has issued, and the pro-
Israel projects in which it has
been involved.
For example, labor leaders
are actively involved in the
JLC-sponsored Labor for a
Secure Israel Program, which
helps muster political support
for Israel in states with small
Jewish populations.
Last summer, Labor for a
Secure Israel director Pat
Porter spoke to union leaders
at the 31st annual Rocky
Mountain Labor School. The
event attracted trade
unionists from Arizona, Col-

orado, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
and Wyoming.
Porter urged the continued
support of labor's pro-Israel
program and discussed the
"adopt a refusenik" program.
Another example of labor
support for Israel occurred
during the Yom Kippur War,
when the U.S. government's
withholding of military aid
caused tremendous tension
between the Nixon ad-
ministration and the Israeli
government. At that time,
AFL-CIO President George
Meany invited Israeli Prime
Minister Golda Meir to speak
before a gathering of labor
officials.
That same year, 1973, the
AFL-CIO offered emergency
aid to Israel, as it has during
every other war in which
Israel was involved.
In another troubled time
between the U.S. and Israeli
governments — Israel's inva-
sion of Lebanon — the AFL-
CIO voiced public support for
the move and sent three
delegates, including
Kirkland, to Israel.
This was one occasion when
some of the rank and file in
the labor movement reported-
ly were disgruntled with
Israel. Yet this was not ap-
parent in the very pro-Israel
statement issued by the AFL-
CIO not long after the delega-
tion's return from the Jewish
state.
The AFL-CIO maintains

"Labor is still
supportive, there's
no doubt about
that. But there's
no question that
forces in the Arab
community, and
some radical left-
wing groups as
well, are trying to
destroy the trade
unions' support for
Israel."

particularly close ties with its
Israeli counterpart, the
Histadrut.
One of the American labor
federation's goals, listed in its
constitution, is "to aid, assist
and cooperate with free and
democratic labor movements
throughout the world."
Yet the Histadrut seems to
have been singled out as a
special case. Representatives
of the Israeli labor confedera-
tion even consulted with the
AFL-CIO on the Bal Harbour
statement.

