Dockers : the '95 to '98 Liverpool lock-out /
Sinclair, Dave, 1959-
Dockers : the '95 to '98 Liverpool lock-out / Dave Sinclair ; foreword by Ken Loach. - Stroud : Amberley, 2015. - 160 pages : illustrations ; 17 x 25 cm.
On 29 September 1995, the Liverpool dockers, the backbone of Liverpool's revered maritime industry, refused to cross a picket line and were immediately dismissed by the Mersey Docks & Harbour Co. Men from one of the most respected workforces in the British labour movement were now threatened by casual labour terms and deregulation, and they wanted to make sure their voices against such decisions were heard. The call for workers' solidarity rose, and men from port after port answered. This book provides a captivating collection of photographs and anecdotes from this famous movement.
9781445648484 (pbk.) : 17.99 1445648482 (pbk.) : 17.99
Strikes and lockouts--Stevedores--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Strikes and lockouts--Stevedores--Great Britain--Pictorial works.
Industry.
Industry.
HD5365
331.8928 SIN
Dockers : the '95 to '98 Liverpool lock-out / Dave Sinclair ; foreword by Ken Loach. - Stroud : Amberley, 2015. - 160 pages : illustrations ; 17 x 25 cm.
On 29 September 1995, the Liverpool dockers, the backbone of Liverpool's revered maritime industry, refused to cross a picket line and were immediately dismissed by the Mersey Docks & Harbour Co. Men from one of the most respected workforces in the British labour movement were now threatened by casual labour terms and deregulation, and they wanted to make sure their voices against such decisions were heard. The call for workers' solidarity rose, and men from port after port answered. This book provides a captivating collection of photographs and anecdotes from this famous movement.
9781445648484 (pbk.) : 17.99 1445648482 (pbk.) : 17.99
Strikes and lockouts--Stevedores--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Strikes and lockouts--Stevedores--Great Britain--Pictorial works.
Industry.
Industry.
HD5365
331.8928 SIN