Docks Strike
Socialist Press1976 1976-04-21Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 8 →
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A strike by 300 shore gang workers on Liverpool docks, now in its sixteenth day, is almost certain to close Liverpool dock in the next few days.
Ship owners are refusing to replace three men who recently retired. Their policy is to allow the labour force to dwindle by "natural wastage"
The strikers, all members of the T&GWU, claim that 100 jobs have been lost in this way over the past two years.
The shore gang workers, who tie up the ships and strip and secure the hatches, have the support of the gigooatmen - the workers who manoeuvre the ships within the docks system. They in turn have the support of the tugboatmen who will black any work normally done by them. This makes the strike an effective action.
One of the employers involved has offered to take back one man on a probationary basis - this has been rejected.
So far there has been no supporting action by the dockers who are being laid off progressively.
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