Charles Levinson

Charles Levinson (1974)

Charles Levinson (1975)

Charles Levinson (* 1920 in Ottawa , † January 22, 1997 in Geneva ) was a Canadian author and trade unionist. From 1956 to 1964 he was vice-general secretary of the International Metalworkers 'Federation , and from 1964 to 1983 he was Secretary General of the International Chemical Workers' Federation , and later to accommodate the Mine Workers 'Union of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM). He fought multinational corporations throughout his life . In 1969 he coordinated the first international strike against the Saint-Gobain company . He also predicted that trade with the East would make the West and the Eastern Bloc more unjust and more repressive.

Books

• Chemical workers study of chemical warfare. 1982
• Vodka-cola. The dangerous downside of economic cooperation between East and West. 1978. ISBN 978-3-498-03818-2
• PVC, for example. Cancer in plastic production. 1975. ISBN 978-3-499-11874-6
• Economic crisis and multinational corporations. The background to the energy panic ( Capital, Inflation and the Multinationals ). 1974. ISBN 3-499-16880-4
• Take Valium, for example. The multinationals in the pharmaceutical industry. 1974. ISBN 978-3-499-11776-3
• Inflation. 1973
• Unions, monopolies, corporations. 1972

Web links

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Footnotes

1. ^ ^{A b} Dan Gallin: Funeral Speech for Charles Levinson, January 26, 1997
2. ↑ CO-DETERMINATION. Deeply disappointed . In: Der Spiegel . No. 45 , 1977, pp. 98, 100 ( online ).
3. ↑ UNIONS. Scary missionaries . In: Der Spiegel . No. 30 , 1972, p. 72-73 ( online ).
4. ↑ UNIONS. Is a dream . In: Der Spiegel . No. 49 , 1975, pp. 77-79 ( online ).
5. ↑ EAST TRADE. These monsters . In: Der Spiegel . No. 15 , 1978, p. 54 ( online ).