Papers relating to Indian Workers Association activities and other campaigns

This section documents Avtar Jouhl's political life largely separate from his trade union role. The most significant area is the records of the Indian Workers Association which make up the bulk of this section. But there are also papers relating to other campaigns which Avtar Jouhl was involved with, mainly during the 1980s and early 1990s, and his writings, and photographs. Full description of the scope and content of the Indian Workers Association records in this collection is provided in the description at MS 2142/A/1.
The other campaign papers in this section are characterised by their lack of explicit or direct association with the Indian Workers Association, or by their connection with both Indian Workers Association and trade union concerns, representing Avtar Jouhl's involvement in a variety of bodies and organisations working for social justice.
The subject matter of the majority of the writings in the section focus on campaigns against racism, or on Communist politics; while the photographs depict some of the trade union work and activist campaigns Avtar Jouhl took part in, and include photographs of the official opening of the Birmingham Trade Union Studies Centre.