On this day, 3 May 1938, British colonial police massacred construction workers striking for a pay increase at the Frome sugar factory in Jamaica. Three were killed by gunshot, one by bayonet and at least 25 were injured. They also arrested 109 workers and charged them with “riotous assembly”, sentencing many to up to 1 year’s imprisonment. But the repression sparked widespread demonstrations and strikes by other workers across the island. More information in this account of struggles in the British Caribbean at this time: http://bit.ly/2EAVSCA http://bit.ly/2GTLZzm
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