The union movement has a long history of being a part of the peace movement because war primarily kills and affects workers and their families. On the 6th and 9th of August 1945, the USA military dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Around 130,000 people perished immediately with another 90,000 dying by the end of the year due to radiation injuries. In Melbourne, the International Campaign against Nuclear Weapons will be holding a peace concert as well as a conference on Australia’s involvement in the nuclear cycle.
The union movement has a long history of being a part of the peace movement because war primarily kills and affects workers and their families. On the 6th and 9th of August 1945, the USA military dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Around 130,000 people perished immediately with another 90,000 dying by the end of the year due to radiation injuries. In Melbourne, the International Campaign against Nuclear Weapons will be holding a peace concert as well as a conference on Australia’s involvement in the nuclear cycle.
