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Trade unions prepare for postcolonial wage politics

Organized labor entered the independence era with experience from wartime strikes, railway organizing, and legal recognition.

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1959

Trade unions prepare for postcolonial wage politics

Organized labor entered the independence era with experience from wartime strikes, railway organizing, and legal recognition.

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Organized labor entered the independence era with experience from wartime strikes, railway organizing, and legal recognition. Workers expected independence to improve wages and status.

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