Towards a History of the Indian Workers Association

A history of the Indian Workers Association (GB) based on interviews and other primary and secondary sources.

Author

Sasha Josephides

Includes both the history of the organisation itself, as well as important strikes such as Coneygre foundry in 1967.

Research Paper in Ethnic Relations No.18

Sasha Josephides

1991

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