Barbados Workers' Union

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0101 ICS 138
Held at	: Institute of Commonwealth Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/resources/library ›
Full title	: Barbados Workers' Union
Date(s)	: 1952-1962
Level of description	: Collection (Fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Barbados Workers' Union Sugar Producers' Federation of Barbados
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Barbados Workers' Union is a general workers union and was registered on 4th October 1941. It has a membership of 25,000 persons covering all areas of employment in Barbados.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Photocopies of agreements between the Sugar Producers' Federation of Barbados and the Barbados Workers' Union on wages of plantation and factory workers in the sugar industry, 1952-1962.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Chronological

Conditions governing access:

Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or Freedom of Information legislation.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or to quote from, original material should be submitted to the Information Resources Manager.

Finding aids:

See link to repository catalogue.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The source of acquisition by ICS is not known.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition 2000. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Nov 2001