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Catalogue description Question of placing Jamaican and other coloured colonial workers. Correspondence on...
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| Reference: | LAB 8/1499 |
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| Description: |
Question of placing Jamaican and other coloured colonial workers. Correspondence on Maltese immigration, the arrival of the HMT Ormonde with 100 Jamaicans on board in 1947, and the booking of more than 300 berths by Jamaican men on the Empire Windrush. Deals with efforts to find work for the first black immigrants and the opposition of unions and management to the hiring of black workers in various industries including the Merchant Navy, brickworks, agriculture and dockyards. |
| Date: | 1947-1948 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | EM 530/47 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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