Labour and Trade Unions, 1941-1955

folder

Held at the Weston Library

Contains:

(fol. 1) extract from a pamphlet entitled 'The Colour Bar in the Copper Belt', by Julius Lewin, [1941]
(item 1) 'Statement on Native Policy in Southern Rhodesia', by Huggins (pamphlet, 12 pp.), 6 Nov 1941
(items 2 and 3) Compulsory Native Labour Act, 1942 (4 pp.) - two copies, 1942
(fols. 2-4) three cuttings from Rhodesia Herald about food production, indigenous labour conscription, and certain convictions set aside by Mr Justice Tredgold, 9 Jun-17 Nov 1944
(fols. 5-7) African HQ Branch, Southern Rhodesia Labour Party: 'A brief history of the Branch', by Mzingeli, Sep 1944.

(fols. 8-32 and items 1-8) contain papers concerning the Federation of Native Welfare Societies (Chairman: J.M. Greenfield):

(fols. 8-32) Native Welfare Bulletin, Numbers: 14; 15; 18; 24; 25; 37; 41; 42; 46; 57-60; 64; 65; 67-69, Feb 1945-Nov 1949
(item 4) minutes of the 16th meeting of the Council (16 pp.), Feb 1945
(item 5) report on African Trade Unions, with a copy of the Constitution of the Rhodesia Railways African Employees' Association (14 pp.), Sep 1945
(item 6) report on the activities of the Organising Secretary, Percy Ibbotson (5 pp.), Jan 1946
(item 7) minutes of the 18th meeting of the Council (24 pp.), 16 and 17 Feb 1946
(item 8) minutes of the 20th meeting of the Council (17 pp.), 24 May 1947.

Continues:

(fols. 33-36) Southern Rhodesia Labour Party Memorandum (another copy of MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/100, folder 2, fols. 30-33), Feb 1946
(fols. 37-51) papers concerning the Reformed Industrial Commercial Union (RICU), 10 Sep 1948-29 May 1950: (fols. 37-39) Address by the President, D.B. Ntuli, at the opening of the Second Annual Conference, with a covering note from Mzingeli to Cripps , 11 Sep 1948; (fols. 40-43) Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. IV, Nov 1949; (fols. 44-51) report of the Fourth Annual Conference, 27-29 May 1950
(item 9) Electoral Amendment Act 1951 (6 pp.), 1950
(item 10) Native Land Husbandry Act 1951 (28 pp.), 1950
(fol. 52) letter from Mzingeli to Lord Ismay (another copy of MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/100, folder 2, fol. 88), 10 Jan 1952
(fols. 53-54) memorandum, marked confidential, by the African Relations Council on the Native Land Husbandry Bill of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), n.d.
(fols. 55-58) Reformed Industrial Commercial Union (RICU) Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, Jun 1953
(fols. 59-60) 'The Town Labourer', organ of the Reformed Industrial Commercial Union (RICU), Vol. 1, No. 5, 19 Mar 1955.

Dates

1 folder

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/100, folder 3

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