Lascars' Welfare League

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Date began: 
01 Dec 1922
Precise date began unknown: 
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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.

Key individuals: 
Shapurji Saklatvala
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Secondary works: 

Visram, Rozina, Asians in Britain: 400 Years of History (London: Pluto, 2002)