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Labour and the Trade Unions, 1937-1956

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  1. (fols. 1-4) circular despatch from Ormsby-Gore about conclusions reached on the establishment of separate labour departments in the Colonies on the receipt of answers to Malcolm MacDonald's earlier despatch, two copies, 24 Aug 1937
  2. (fols. 5-8) New Fabian Research Bureau Quarterly, reprint of an article by Creech Jones, 'Labour in the Colonies', summer 1938
  3. (item 1) Colonial Office paper on 'Supervision of conditions under which labour is employed in the Colonial Empire', Sep 1941
  4. (fol. 9) copy of 'Migrant Native Labour; provisional revised agreement between the Governments of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland' initialled G.M.H., E.J.W., D.M.K., and H.J.S., Chairman, 6 Nov 1941
  5. (fols. 10-15) letter from J.E.R. Wyndham, Colonial Office, to Creech Jones enclosing 'Regulations regarding industrial conscription in Nigeria' and 'Orders made by the Administrative Director of Minerals Production under them', 13 Oct 1942
  6. (item 2) Fabian Society pamphlet, 'Labour in the Colonies 1. Some Current Problems', Research Series No. 61, n.d.
  7. (item 3) 'Labour Supervision in the Colonial Empire 1937-43'. Colonial No. 185, 1943
  8. (item 4) 'Forced Labour' by C.W.W. Greenidge, published by the Anti-Slavery Society, Mar 1943
  9. (fols. 16-30) Fabian Colonial Bureau, 'Summary of information and official statements regarding Freed Labour for War Purposes in the Colonies', cyclostyled version and typescript, with extract from Hansard of written answers to Questions in the House on minimum wage legislation, Apr 1943
  10. (fol. 31) oral reply to a Question in the House by Creech Jones on the appointment of African labour inspectors in Kenya arising from the adoption of forced labour in that Colony and the circumstances in which Africans were denied the right of assembly, 5 May 1943
  11. (fol. 32) written reply to a Question in the House by Creech Jones on the work of the African Labour Corps in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), 11 May 1943
  12. (fol. 33) written reply to a Question in the House from Creech Jones about food supplies in Native Reserves when unemployed Africans were returned from Nairobi to the reserves, 12 May 1943
  13. (fols. 34-35) despatch from the Governor of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), E.J. Waddington, about the introduction into the Legislative Council on the Bills of Trade Union Conciliation and Trade disputes in Sep 1942, with notes by his Industrial Adviser on the amendment of the existing law regarding: a) Trade Unions and b) the avoidance and settlement of trade disputes, 30 Aug 1943
  14. (item 5) Fabian Colonial Bureau report of a meeting held with the Colonial Delegates to the World Trade Union Conference to discuss Colonial Labour Problems, 19 Feb 1945
  15. (fols. 36-37) typed speech or article on 'Colonial Labour', n.d.
  16. (fols. 38-39) 'African Trade Unions', memorandum by M.A. Bevan on Trade Unions for Africans in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), 13 Apr 1946
  17. (fols. 40-48) memorandum by M.A. Bevan on 'The Future of the Labour Department, Northern Rhodesia', 8 Apr 1946
  18. (fols. 49-50) unsigned memorandum on 'Development of Machinery of negotiations for African Workers in Copper Mines', 13 May 1946
  19. (fols. 51-58) Colonial Office Information Department Reference Section Memorandum No. 18, 'Notes on Labour Legislation and the Development of Trade Unionism in the Colonies', Sep 1949
  20. (fols. 59-66) revised and rewritten version of the previous memorandum, Apr 1953
  21. (fols. 67-68) Colonial Office Information Department note on 'Attitude to Work in East Africa', 23 Jul 1951
  22. (fols. 69-72) 'Forced Labour, Historical Introduction' by C.W.W. Greenidge, 22 Feb 1952
  23. (fol. 73) Economist, article on 'Moscow's Bid for the Trade Unions - II Colonial Revolutions in the making', 7 Nov 1953
  24. (fols. 74-75) East Africa and Rhodesia, article on 'International Trade Unions and the Colonies', 26 May 1955
  25. (fol. 76) Manchester Guardian, article on forced labour, 29 Aug 1949
  26. (fol. 77) Manchester Guardian, letter to the Editor from A. Trianin, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vice-President of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, on 'Russian Forced Labour', n.d.
  27. (fols. 78-79) I.L.O. News Service Supplement, 'Report of the UN - I.L.O. Committee discloses the Existence of Two Systems of Forced Labour', n.d.
  28. (fol. 80) jotting of a reference to forced labour, n.d.
  29. (fol. 81) typed noted headed 'Forced labour, points to be followed up', n.d.
  30. (fol. 82) notes headed 'Labour at the Iron Mines [?] Marampa S.L.', n.d.
  31. (fols. 83-85) notes headed 'Labour: Sierra Leone', n.d.
  32. (fols. 86-87) notes headed 'Forced labour and Mining', n.d.
  33. (fols. 88-91) Empire, article on 'Forced Labour and Mining', Jan 1944
  34. (fols. 92-93) extract from a journal, 'Labour Efficiency in British Africa', by T.M. Ling, Medical Director, Roffey Park Rehabilitation Centre, n.d.
  35. (fols. 94-97) list of details of Welfare Workers and Labour Officers in the Colonies; under the headings: (1) Trade Union experience and employment prior to Colonial post and (2) Colonial appointments, n.d.
  36. (fol. 98) The Times, article on 'Growth of Trade Unionism in the Colonies', 4 Jun 1956.

Dates

  • Creation: 1937-1956

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 332/14, folder 4

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