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BGLU took the initiative for cooperation between trade unions in the Caribbean. At the 1926 BGLU convention, the British Guiana and West Indian Trade Union Confederation was founded. In 1945, BG&WITUC became the
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Blackness in Latin America and the Caribbean: Social Dynamics and Cultural Transformations. Blacks in the Diaspora
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By 1928 the organization claimed to have 1,073 members, of whom 341 were women. It was linked to the
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Caribbean Visionary: A.R.F. Webber and the Making of the Guyanese Nation
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Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 - 19
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The BGLU was founded in 1919, emerging as a labour union amongst
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Racial Discrimination Against Overseas Indians: a class analysis
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A History of Organized Labor in the English-Speaking West Indies
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Ideology and Change: The Transformation of the Caribbean Left
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Ideology and Change: The Transformation of the Caribbean Left
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The Guyana Labour Union later became associated with the
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Index

trade union
Guyana
black
Hubert Critchlow
Caribbean
British Labour Party
International Federation of Trade Unions
Labour and Socialist International
A. R. F. Webber
Caribbean Labour Congress
Forbes Burnham
Desmond Hoyte
People's National Congress
Alexander, Robert J.
A History of Organized Labor in the English-Speaking West Indies
Blackness in Latin America and the Caribbean: Social Dynamics and Cultural Transformations. Blacks in the Diaspora
The Caribbean People
Labour and Socialist International
Kongress-Protokolle der Sozialistischen Arbeiter-Internationale - B. 3.1 Brüssel 1928


Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 - 19
Cudjoe, Selwyn Reginald
Caribbean Visionary: A.R.F. Webber and the Making of the Guyanese Nation
Caribbean Visionary
Ideology and Change: The Transformation of the Caribbean Left


Racial Discrimination Against Overseas Indians: a class analysis
"Guyana Table of Contents"

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