Circumstances prior to the Malayan Emergency
Employer Associations
At the same time these avenues were being pursued, employers in Malaya, with government approval, began organising themselves into associations, "employers unions", to set maximum rates for wages and other benefits.

Circumstances prior to the Malayan Emergency

Section Title: Employer Associations
Table Section Text: At the same time these avenues were being pursued, employers in Malaya, with government approval, began organising themselves into associations, "employers unions", to set maximum rates for wages and other benefits.

Malaya	Singapore

Worker days	12 month total	Worker days	12 month total

1946	Apr	713,000	1,173,000

May

Jun

Jul

Aug	271,000

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

1947	Jan

Feb	171,000

Mar

Apr	512,000	205,000

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

1948	Jan	17,506

Feb	28,049

Mar	10,514

Apr	12,773

May	178,634

Jun	117,154

Jul	3,394

Aug	nil

Sep	348

Oct	250

Nov	1,317

Dec	525

Sources: The 12 month totals are from M.R. Stenson, Repression and Revolt: the Origins of the 1948 Communist Insurrection in Malaya and Singapore, Ohio University, 1969, p.

Sentence(s)

Between April 1946 and March 1947, there were 713,000 worker days in Malaya and 1,173,000 in Singapore.

final_sentence: Between April 1946 and March 1947, there were 713,000 worker days in Malaya and 1,173,000 in Singapore.