The disturbance centred around a new rota system which saw all 'Arab and coloured men of the like' being issued a number according to the time they registered which would ensure that when their number came up, they would be called to work.
The records provide history of the Arab and coloured population in Durham and the impact of unequal employment policies on their lives that led to this particular disturbance.
Records cover such issues as Caribbean women trade unionists, Unions in the Caribbean, life in the Caribbean, general Elections in the Caribbean, Caribbean educators study visits to the UK, the activities of the West Indian Welfare Trust, and racial discrimination policy in the UK.
The ModernRecordsCentre at the University of Warwick was established in 1973 as a repository for the archives of industrial relations and labour history, and has since become internationally renowned for its large and comprehensive collections of trade unionrecords.
In this the Centre is among the pioneering institutions, based mainly in the higher education sector, which herald a new era in the use and extended accessibility of archival collections.
The ModernRecordsCentre is particularly useful in the array of perspectives and research avenues its records can provide, and their ability to balance the 'top-down' model or vantage frequently dictated by the nature of the central records of corporate institutions.
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