Name/Title
The Chinese Workers' Mutual Aid Association medical boxEntry/Object ID
FIC-B-000105Description
The Chinese Workers' Mutual Aid Association medical box
The Chinese Workers' Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA, Huagong Hezuohui) was officially established in September 1937. Its aim was to unite Chinese workers and through the cooperation and exchange of experiences, raise the status of Chinese workers in the labor unions and improve their working conditions. Its formation was a manifestation of a more mature stage in the development of the Chinese left movement as it profited from experience.
Reference:
Jianfu, "Shi'ernianlai di Gongzuo Guocheng ji Jinhou di Renwu" ("A Review of Work of the Past 12 Years and the Task for Now and the Future"), China Weekly, Oct. 8, 1949. Lin Jianfu (Happy Lin) was secretary of the CWMAA, also one of the founders of the NCALSS.