Trade Unionism and the Asian Youth Movements
Submitted by Ed on Feb 11 2019 23:19
A look at the engagement of Asian Youth Movement activists with workers' struggles and the British trade union movement.
Asian workers' associations in Britain, 1956-1980s
Submitted by Ed on Jan 24 2019 22:36
Ron Ramdin on the history and development of autonomous Asian working-class organisation in postwar Britain, their activities and their relationship with both the broader black liberation and working-class movements.
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.
Organising the Unorganised: 'Race', Poor Work and Trade Unions
John Wrench and Satnam Virdee discuss the relationship between mostly South Asian women workers at Heathrow and Burnsall (Smethwick), their relationships with the TGWU and GMB trade unions, and the role of non-union groups such as the Indian Workers Association and London Support Group. They also discuss racism and reactions to it in British trade unions more generally.
