Mixed up in power politics and the Cold War: The Americans, the ICFTU and Singapore's labour movement, 1955–1960

Abstract

The United States had a hand in shaping Singapore's labour developments between the period 1955 and 1960. Utilising materials from archives in Britain, the Netherlands and the United States, this study details the impetus for, the nature of, and the outcome of the US attempt to strengthen non-communist labour institutions in Singapore.