Liverpool Chinese Seamen's Union
The Liverpool Chinese Seamen's Union was a
merchant seamen who lived in Liverpool
.
It was affiliated to the Chinese Communist Party[1] and supported by British left-wing workers who believed in socialist internationalism.[2] It had links to the Chinese Seamen's Union in Australia.[3]
In 1942, the union went on strike over pay disparities between Chinese and British seamen's pay.[4] The strike continued until April of that year, at which point the sailors were given a pay increase of £2 a month and the standard £10 a month "war risk" bonus.[5]
See also
- Home Office 213/926 – compulsory repatriation of Chinese seamen by the Home Office
References
- ^ Heaver, Stuart (4 November 2017). "Why did 300 Chinese fathers vanish from Liverpool in 1946?". South China Morning Post.
- ISBN 978-1-134-15690-0.
- ISBN 978-0-230-29641-1.
- ^ Hancox, Dan (25 May 2021). "The secret deportations: how Britain betrayed the Chinese men who served the country in the war". The Guardian.
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