Liverpool Chinese Seamen's Union

The Liverpool Chinese Seamen's Union was a trade union representing Chinese 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]

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References

  1. ^ Heaver, Stuart (4 November 2017). "Why did 300 Chinese fathers vanish from Liverpool in 1946?". South China Morning Post.
  2. ^ Tan, Chee-Beng (19 October 2006). Chinese Transnational Networks. Routledge. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-134-15690-0.
  3. ^ Benton, Gregor; Gomez, Edmund Terence (2008). The Chinese in Britain, 1800-Present. doi:10.1057/9780230288508. ISBN 978-0-230-29641-1.
  4. ^ Hancox, Dan (25 May 2021). "The secret deportations: how Britain betrayed the Chinese men who served the country in the war". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Oyen, M. (2014-06-01). Fighting for Equality: Chinese Seamen in the Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945. Vol. 38. pp. 526–548. doi:10.1093/dh/dht106. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)