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IOR/L/E/8/4755

Record Id:
040-000194840
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
040-000194840
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000235.0x00021e
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/E/8/4755
Title:

C&O 79/46 Part B - Conditions of Employment of Indian Seamen

Scope & Content:

File includes:

  • Copies of National Maritime Board Agreements regarding new standard rates of pay and seafarers’ conditions of employment operative from 1st April 1947
  • Indian Seamen’s Union proposals for ‘removing the present major grievances of the Indian Seamen by arriving at an amicable settlement’ (7th September 1943) and records showing proposals and negotiations to reach a settlement on improved pay and conditions for Indian seamen
  • Statement by the National Maritime Board on Post-War Continuity of Employment (10th April 1942)
  • Memorandum on behalf of Indian Seamen (All India Seamen’s Centre in Great Britain: 5th October 1943)
  • Memorandum (W.P.(42) 567.) by the Secretary of State for India on Conditions of Employment of Indian Seamen (War Cabinet: 7th December 1942)
  • Report, dated 23rd October 1942, from the High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom, on discontent of Indian seamen regarding their accommodation and living conditions in the UK (accompanied with a report by George Tomlinson regarding a visit to Liverpool on 27th July 1942 to inspect Indian Seamen’s lodgings)
  • Memorandum, by the All-India Seamen’s Federation, on Indian Seamen in the Merchant Navy and their wages from 1919 to 1939
  • Copy of a representation received from Indian seamen in July 1942, concerning their wages
  • Comparative statement of wages of European, Chinese and Indian Seamen (June 1942)
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Records
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-000184227
036-000190085
040-000194840
Is part of:
IOR/L/E : Economic Department Records
IOR/L/E/8 : Departmental Papers: Annual Files

 

IOR/L/E/8/4755 : C&O 79/46 Part B - Conditions of Employment of Indian Seamen
Hierarchy:
032-000184227[0007]/036-000190085[4757]/040-000194840
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/E
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1944
End Date:
1947
Date Range:
Sep 1944-Apr 1947
Era:
CE
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