Union of Working People's Forces

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Union of Working People's Forces (UWPF), also known as Union of Toiling Peoples' Forces (UTPF), was a Nasserist political group in Lebanon. It was founded in 1965 by Kamal Chatila and Najah Wakim, with Chatila serving as general secretary. The party represented the right wing of the Lebanese Nasserist movement. Najah Wakim was elected to parliament in 1972 as the lone Nasserist deputy.

During the early Lebanese Civil War, the UWPF ran a militia of about 1,000 fighters called the Victory Divisions. They fought alongside the Lebanese National Movement militias in Beirut and ran training camps in Nabatieh, Kfar Remen, and Habboûch, with support from both Shia and Sunni communities.

In March 1976, the UWPF left the LNM to join the pro-Syrian Front of Patriotic and National Parties (FPNP) and supported the Syrian intervention in Lebanon, creating a rift with other Nasserist groups. From June to November 1976, the UWPF and its militia faced attacks from Fatah and other LNM militias. A splinter group, the UWPF-Corrective Movement, was formed in October 1974 and led by Issam Al-Arab.