General Secretary Kamal Chatila Ideology Nasserism | Founded 1965 | |
The Union of Working People's Forces (Arabic: اتحاد قوى الشعب العامل, French: Union des forces du peuple travailleur, abbreviated UFPT) was a Nasserist political party in Lebanon. The party was founded in 1965 by Kamal Chatila and Najah Wakim. Chatila was the general secretary of the party. The party represented a right-wing tendency in the Lebanese Nasserist movement.
Najah Wakim was elected to parliament in 1972, making him the sole Nasserist deputy.
In the early phase of the Lebanese Civil War the party maintained a 1,000-man strong militia, the Victory Divisions (Arabic: Firqat an-Nasr), which took part in fighting in the Beirut area. The party supported the June 1976 Syrian intervention in Lebanon. Its support to the Syrian intervention caused a split between the party and other Nasserist groups. From June to November 1976 the party faced onslaughts by Fatah and the Lebanese National Movement.
There was a splinter group of the party, the Union of Working People's Forces-Corrective Movement led by Issam Arab.