Synopsis Original documents are of prime importance for understanding history, particularly of the trade union movement right from its incipient stages, when the British created a labour force long before it even thought of industrializing India. Realizing the important of providing scattered documents for scholars, the ICHR published in 24 volumes in the series on Labour Movements in India –Documents with A.R. Desai as the General Editor. This volume is a part of 2 volumes in the 1941-1947 series, when the movement grew and gathered strength, with the advent of industrialization. The documents advent of industrialization. The documents also indicate their significance in the freedom movement in India and bring forth how it became a part of the international labour movement.