'Labour, trade unions', 1942-1955

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Contains:

(fol. 1) note describing contents of the file, n.d.
(item 1) 'Report of the committee appointed to inquire into the question of the introduction of conscription of African labour for essential services', issued by the Government printer, pp. 37, 1942
(item 2) 'African conscript labour in Kenya - Note by A. Creech Jones', issued by the FCB, pp. 3, 23 Mar 1942
(item 3) 'African labour on the farm in Kenya Colony' by Colin Maher, Officer in charge, Soil Conservation Service, Kenya, reprinted from the East African Agricultural Journal, pp. 8, Apr 1942
(item 4) 'Post-war employment committee report and report of the sub-committee on post-war employment of Africans', issued by the government printer, pp. 43 and 30, 1943
(item 5) 'Kenya food commission', based on statements in the East African Standard May-Sep 1943: unsigned typed memorandum, pp. 13, n.d.
(item 6) cyclostyled copy of dispatch No. 112 from Henry Moore, Governor, Kenya, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Stanley) concerning colonial development, with the latter's reply, pp. 9, 6 Aug 1943
(item 7) 'The place of the African in the Economy of the Colony': typed text of an address by Maher to the Rotary Club, Kenya, pp. 5, 12 Apr 1946
(fols. 2-3) cyclostyled copy of a draft letter from the FCB to Creech Jones requesting information on the Mombasa strike, land settlement, and education, 16 Apr 1947
(fol. 4 and item 8) cyclostyled written reply from Creech Jones to a question by R. Sorensen concerning minimum wage recommendations by the tribunal appointed following the Mombasa strike, with Kenya Information Office publication 'Explanation of Mombasa Tribunal Interim Award', pp. 2, 14 May 1947
(fol. 5 and item 9) letter from Douglas Smith, Private Secretary to Creech Jones, to Major L. Wilkes, MP covering a precis of the Report of the Sub-Committee of the Labour Advisory Board, dated 29 Oct 1946, pp. 5, 29 Jul 1947
(item 10) 'Memorandum on trade unions - development and policy - Kenya', pp. 20, 1949
(item 11) K.I.O. Fortnightly, No. 155, pp. 4, 7 Feb 1949
(item 12) Kenya Labour Department Bulletin, Vol. III, No. I, pp. 42, May 1949
(item 13) K.I.O. Fortnightly, No. 170, pp. 4, 17 Oct 1949
(item 14) K.I.O. Fortnightly, No. 171, pp. 4, 5 Nov 1949
(item 15) 'Report on Whitley Councils' by W.J. Hermes, published by the government printer, Nairobi, pp. 29, 1950
(item 16) Kenya Labour Department Circular No. 3/1950, 'The Labour Commissioner's speech during the Budget Debate in the Legislative Council, 21 Dec 1949, pp. 11, 23 Jan 1950
(item 17) K.I.O. Fortnightly, No. 187, pp. 4, 21 Aug 1950
(fols. 6-18) notes with many figures, in Hilda Selwyn-Clarke's hand, 'Labour Department Kenya 1951', 1951
(fol. 19) typed passage from Hansard concerning Questions on the Kenya Trade Unions Bill, 20 Feb 1952
(fol. 20) FCB publication 'Labour in East Africa - Annual Report of the Labour Department, Uganda 1951, 15 Dec 1952
(item 18) K.I.O. Fortnightly, No. 261, pp. 4, 17 Nov 1953
(item 19) 'The history of the International Trade Union Movement': cyclostyled notes for a lecture by Hans Göttfurcht, Assistant General Secretary, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), pp. 9, n.d.
(fol. 21) cutting headed 'Equality in Kenya Civil Service' from Kenya News Letter, No. 76, 22 Dec 1954
(item 20) cyclostyled 'Rules for keeping cash books of head offices or accounting branches of Trade Unions', pp. 3, n.d.
(item 21) Kenya Federation of Labour Newsletter, No. 16, 9 Aug 1955.