| Description | This file primarily contains agendas for meetings of the Central Executive Committee of the Indian Workers Association in the form of circular letters sent out to local branches by the General Secretary of the association, and typescript and handwritten minutes of Central Executive Committee meetings, many of which are compiled in the form of circular letters to members of the organisation.
Many meetings appear to have been held in the homes of committee members around the country, although some were held in venues hired for the purpose, or at the Shaheed Udham Singh welfare centre opened by the association in Handsworth in the late 1970s.
There are agendas for the following meetings:
21 January 1961, held at Princelet Street, off Brick Lane, London
2 April 1961, Great Taj Mahal Restaurant, New Road, London. This was an emergency meeting
27 August 1961, 27 Grantham Road, Smethwick, Birmingham
9 August 1964, Leonard Street, Derby. Decisions made at this meeting are attached.
25 October 1964, Hartopp Road, Leicester
10 January 1965, Digbeth Civic Hall, Birmingham. This was an emergency meeting
30 September 1965, Birch Croft, Erdington, Birmingham. This was an emergency meeting
23 April [1967] Widdrington Road, Coventry
16 July [1967], Leicester Street, Wolverhampton
proposals for a Central Executive Committee meeting held sometime in 1967, before the national conference
18 April [1970-1971], Rochester Street, Bradford
10 February 1974, Digbeth Civic Hall, Birmingham
2 July 1978, Shaheed Udham Singh Centre, Birmingham
10 September 1978, Labour Party Rooms, St Mary Street, Bedford
5 May 1979, Rowley Green Lane, Longford, Coventry
11 August 1979 at Shaheed Udham Singh Centre, Birmingham
17 April 1983, Shaheed Udham Singh Centre, Birmingham
emergency meeting, 18 July, Goldsmith Road, Acton, London, undated
Minutes exist for the following meetings:
12 July, 26 July, 15 November 1959, including minutes of Birmingham branch meeting 6 September 1959, in Punjabi
21 January 1961, London
19 March 1961, including details of the Programme of Indian Workers Association activities for 1961
2 April 1961, London
27 August 1961, Birmingham
resolutions of the Central Executive Committee made at an unidentified meeting probably held sometime in 1961, including statements on the political situation in Berlin, Angola and British Guiana, and information about the establishment by the Birmingham branch of the association of a monthly journal in Punjabi, to be called 'Mazdoor'
9 December, held in London, possibly in 1964. Matters discussed centre around elections recently held by the Coventry branch of the Indian Workers Association which were ruled to have violated the constitution
6 June 1965, Coventry
14 November 1965, Leamington Spa
21 October 1973, Smethwick
23 June 1974, Birmingham
28 May 1978, Coventry, including handwritten draft resolutions, and a typed list of members of the National Executive Committee elected at the Indian Workers Association conference that year
2 July 1978, Birmingham, including details of a discussion about the opening of the Shaheed Udham Singh Welfare Centre and its possible uses. Minutes for this meeting consist of a draft written by Deepak Mathur, Assistant Secretary, and typed copies.
11 August 1979, Shaheed Udham Singh Centre, Birmingham
minutes in note form for a meeting probably held sometime in 1979, after the death of Jagmohan Joshi
11 November 1979, Bedford
10 May 1980, Leamington Spa. Matters discussed include arrangements for the Jagmohan Joshi memorial meeting to be held in June 1980, and the Biennial Conference, to be held in August 1980 in Derby
Some of the documents include the names, branches and signatures of members attending the Central Committee meetings
The file also contains some draft minutes, notes and attendance lists from unidentified and undated meetings, likely to be those of the Central Executive Committee. |