Basing themselves of the experiences of the oilworkers' strike, a preparatory committee to set up a 'All Burma Workers Asiayone' was formed in 1939.
[3] During the Second World War, Lwin was put in charge of the Pakokku District by the People's Revolutionary Party.
[3] In 1945, Lwin became a Central Executive Committee member of the People's Freedom (Socialist) Party.
At the May Day rally of 1950, TUC(B) demonstrators had carried large portraits of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong.
In his speech at the rally, Lwin publicly declared that TUC(B) followed the 'communist party line' and said that the organisation should join the World Federation of Trade Unions.
He harshly condemned the policy of the Burmese government of accepting British financial aid.
[4] Lwin's May Day speech had political repercussions, but did not result in any immediate disciplinary action from the Socialist Party or the AFPFL.
Aung San Suu Kyi was barred from assisting the funeral, as she was under house arrest.