The Campaign of British Trade Unions to Oppose the Polish Resettlement Act of 1947.
Journal: PRAWO i WIĘŹ
Year: 2025

This article examines how British trade unions organised a coordinated, albeit unsuccessful campaign to oppose both the establishment of the Polish Resettlement Corps in March 1946 and the passing of its accompanying piece of legislation, the Polish Resettlement Act, the following year. Perturbed at the influx to Britain of well over 100,000 Polish soldiers who had fought for Allied forces during the Second World War, many organised labour movements viewed these Poles as foreign competition for