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Trade union uprisings and decolonization in the British West Indies (1938–1950)

Trade union uprisings and decolonization in the British West Indies (1938–1950)

  1. Trinidad oilfield strike triggers 1937 riots

    Labels: Uriah Butler, Fyzabad, Trinidad oilfields

  2. Jamaica Frome Estate shootings escalate 1938 rebellion

    Labels: Frome Estate, Sugar workers, Jamaica

  3. Moyne Commission begins West Indies investigation tour

    Labels: Moyne Commission, Lord Moyne, West Indies

  4. Colonial Development and Welfare Act expands spending

    Labels: Colonial Development, United Kingdom, Metropolitan funding

  5. British Guiana forms a national trade-union council

    Labels: British Guiana, Guyana TUC, Trade unions

  6. Union-building spreads: Barbados Workers’ Union founded

    Labels: Barbados Workers, Barbados, Union founding

  7. Anglo-American Caribbean Commission established during WWII

    Labels: Anglo-American Caribbean, United States, Caribbean

  8. Jamaica creates PNP-aligned Trade Union Council

    Labels: Norman Manley, People s, Trade Union

  9. Moyne Report published, confirming severe social conditions

    Labels: Moyne Report, British government, Caribbean social

  10. Caribbean Commission expands to four imperial powers

    Labels: Caribbean Commission, Port of, France and

  11. Jamaica’s Trade Union Congress reorganized from council

    Labels: Trade Union, Jamaica TUC, PNP

  12. West Indian leaders meet at 1947 Montego Bay conference

    Labels: Montego Bay, West Indian, Regional federation

  13. Enmore shootings fuel British Guiana labour radicalization

    Labels: Enmore Estate, Enmore Martyrs, British Guiana

  14. Labour uprisings reshape decolonization pathway by 1950

    Labels: Labour uprisings, Decolonization, West Indies