Leadership & Public Service
M. E. Jallow
Trade union organiser
A Gambian legacyM. E. Jallow was a prominent Gambian labour organiser associated with the Gambia Workers’ Union. He helped build a general workers’ union in the 1950s and led it during the major industrial actions around 1960. His contribution forms part of the relationship between organised labour and the late colonial struggle for representation.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Founded and led the Gambia Workers' Union.
02Led the union during the major labour mobilisation of 1960.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING01Arnold Hughes: Trade Unionism in the Gambia, African Studies bibliographic abstract02The Standard: trade unions and the road to independence
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