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Lascars' Welfare League
Organization interested in the working conditions of lascars in the 1920s
About
The Lascars' Welfare League (LWL) was formed in December 1922 and a committee toured the East End of London to assess the working conditions of lascar seamen. By 1923 the more radical wing of the organization around Shapurji Saklatvala had broken away to found the Indian Seamen's Association, which was later renamed the Indian Seamen's Union.
Visram, Rozina, Asians in Britain: 400 Years of History (London: Pluto Press, 2002)
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© Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1930s – present
