Trade Unions and the State in Peninsular Malaysia

Before 1940, trade unions were not allowed in British Malaya, but over the years following the Japanese Occupation, the labor organization movement has been alternately encouraged or suppressed. This book traces the development of trade unions in Peninsular Malaysia over the last century from colonial times to the early 1990s, stressing the key role of the state in shaping the role and nature of organized labor during various time periods.Sundaram, Jomo Kwame is the author of 'Trade Unions and the State in Peninsular Malaysia', published 1995 under ISBN 9789676530509 and ISBN 9676530506.