Record Details
| Collection | Black Trade Unionists Solidarity Movement (BTUSM) |
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| NGO | Black Trade Unionists Solidarity Movement (BTUSM) |
| Repository | Bernie Grant Archive |
| Description | Records of the Black Trade Unionists Solidarity Movement (ref. BG/BTU) are held in the Bernie Grant Archive. The online catalogue (A2A) describes the records as follows: "A small but highly significant grouping of records documenting the establishment, organizational structure and administration of the Black Trade Unionists Solidarity Movement (BTUSM), the first organization of its kind in the United Kingdom. These papers are a vital and rare historical record of the history of Black peoples and trade unionism in the UK. They also serve as a crucial record of Bernie Grant's own personal early union activism and budding involvement in civil and political rights campaigning. There are minutes of meetings generated by various sources and committees within the Movement as well as supporting material such as correspondence, reports, union membership lists and Bernie Grant's handwritten notes re the Movement. Included are the case files which were assigned to Bernie Grant as a case development worker for the BTUSM, in particular, his work for the Greater London Council - Women's Committee Support Unit (WCSU). Along with files held relating to internal disputes within the BTUSM, there are also a number of general files containing administrative and membership details. Among them, there are some significant documents outlining particulars of the BTUSM's casework and key activities. Of particular note, there is correspondence relating to the restructuring of the BTUSM through a 'Special Membership Meeting' [10 Feb 1985] and personnel information concerning Bernie Grant such as correspondence relating to his employment contract as well as his letter of resignation from the BTUSM."
The Bernie Grant Archive includes further records relating to BTUSM, including:
Ref. BG/P/4/6/1: (dates 1982 - 1983; closed until 2084) which "includes records of the BTUSM re their joint role with the New Jewel Movement in protesting against military intervention in Grenada and in providing assistance to Grenada eg minutes of the first meeting of the New Jewel Movement (NJM) / BTUSM Trade Union (TU) Working Group."
Ref. BG/P/17/8: (dates: 1985 - 1987; closed until 2088) "Black Trade Unionists Solidarity Movement case notes."
Ref. BG/P/19/2/4: (dates: c.Jul 1978 - c.1980) "Handwritten notes and associated papers re 'Black Workers and Trade Unions' "
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| Access Rights | 'Some files have been closed for 100 years in accordance with data protection legislation. Exceptions to closure: Closed files may be accessed under certain conditions upon making application to the Bernie Grant Trust.' (Source: online catalogue (A2A)) |
| Coverage | c1981-1985 |
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| Finding Aids/Catalogues | Collection-level description (AIM 25) and online catalogue (A2A). |
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| Additional information | |
| Source of Information | A2A; AIM 25 |
| Last Edited at | 01/04/2009 17:46:19 |
