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'File 10/3 BAPCO labour' [‎55r] (101/296)

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The record is made up of 1 file (148 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1945-12 Apr 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Confiden t ial .
No. C/834.
The Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
Bahrain.
27th August, 1946.
To
The Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain,
Camp, Shiraz.
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Memorandum .
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Reference attached copies of my telegrams Nos.
471 and 477 of 2^tn and 26th August respectively and also copies
of two telegrams from Mr. Ward Anderson to his principals in New
York which were seen in censorship. I am also enclosing a copy
of the Foreign Service Agreement for ready reference.^ ^
2. About ten days ago I was told by Mr. Hussell
Brown, in the course of casual conversation, that the South
Africans, in a body, had demanded increased rates of pay,
their contention being that an American or Canadian working
under them as their assistant often drew more pay than they did
as the one in charge of the job.
As you know there is a separate and distinct
wage rate for employees of different nationalities and that
distinction has^and always will/cause some discontent, for
which there is probably little justification if the reasons
are correctly appreciated.
3. The South African employees^therefore^ decided
to put in a joint demand for an increase of pay to bring their*s
more nearly to the same level as that of American and Canadian
employees.
I think about 90% of those who Joined this
"Union" were operatprs.
4. The Company refused to deal with the strikers
as an "Union" and tried to insist on dealing with each case
separately; the employees refused to accept that method and >
after several days'negotiations^matters came to a head and the
employees quit work.
5. On the 26th August 1946, some twenty of the
strikers collected at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and asked to see me which they
did at 1215 hours.
At 1300 hours Mr. Ward Anderson came to the
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in a state of considerable excitement with the news that
the strikers were fomenting agitation in the Refinery and that
the strike would result in the closing down of a portion of the
Refinery.
I went through their specific complaints in
detail with him and he related the Company's point of view,
which was to the effect that the South Africans 1 demands for
increased rates were not justified and that their absenting
themselves from work was sufficient reason for the Company^
discharging them for cause under Clause X of thevAgreement -
their absence being premeditated.
6. I told Mr. Ward Anderson that I would call three
leaders to see me at 1630 hours and see what I could do to settle
the matter. I should mention here that the discharged employees
had refused transportation offered them and Mr. Ward Anderson
asked me, during our interview, what action the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. proposed
taking to remove them from the Island. He also said that the
Company/

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The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on discontent and strike among workers employed by BAPCO on the salaries, the cost of transportation and the conditions for the relocation.

The file includes statements from BAPCO employees, rates of pay for R.A.F. civilian employees (folios 113-115), extract from FREE PRESS JOURNAL, Friday 9 July 1948 on racism against Indian BAPCO employees. There are some documents in Arabic.

There is an index at the end of the file (folios 151-157).

Extent and format
1 file (148 folios)
Arrangement

The reference number 10/1-G Vol II on the cover is crossed and the file was then renumbered as 10/3. The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the file (folios 151-157). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the file; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in red or blue crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

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The foliation starts on the first page of the file, mostly in pencil, occasionally pen or typescript, in top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . The following numbering anomalies occurs: 4, 4A; 16 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of 15; 18 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of 17; folio 20 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of 19; 29 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of 28; 31 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio 30; 75 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of 74; 77 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of 76; 125 is the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of 124; 99-103 do not exist.

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