ABSTRACT
During the Second World War, many organisations and individuals in the international and national labour movements systematically worked with and for the secret and intelligence services of the Allied countries. Lèon Jouhaux, though, a key figure for both the iftu and the French and British authorities in London, was not saved, and again, the international trade union movement fell victim to duplicity and betrayal. Jouhaux had a false Czech passport in the name of Bedrich Woves and used the name of 'Mr Buvot' at several safe houses. The London Labor Desk became operational after the departure of Arthur Goldberg in November 1942. In 1943, the relief funds of both the afl and the cio joined this National War Fund, after which they discontinued their own fund-raising activities. The Free Trade Union Committee was incorporated as an agency of the Labor League for Human Rights.
