ABSTRACT
The various wings of the Labour movement, however, deep as their differences on the war-and throughout its course . these differences persisted : there was none of the unanimity of 1940-at once closed ranks for the purpose ·of protecting workers ·from its immediate hardships. It was then axiomatic that war would bring severe and probably protracted unemployment. Within a few days of the Declaration, the War Emergency Workers' National Committee was formed, on a comprehensive basis, both political and industrial
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into the fight for decent treatment for the new women workers.
