SOLIDARITY with the Liverpool dockers has been pouring in from Britain and internationally. Hull Trades Council and the local TGWU dockers' MDHC have inherited vast branch nave establisnca a Liverpool Dockers Support Group. At its inaugural meeting, sacked Liverpool dockers Danny and Paul spoke about the dispute. KEITH SINCLAIR interviewed Paul, one of the What's the background • RALLY - St George's to the dispute? • Send messages of sup- As you know, it goes back to the abolition of the Dock Labour Scheme in 1989. Liverpool was the only port that held out and remained union• Get in touch with the Ised.
Torside was a company set up in 1991 to prevent the use of casual labour on sacked some of the young docker and then the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company sacked all the vockers tor tousine to cross a picket line. What has been the response? The men have been magnificent. I wasn't surprised though, Liverpool has always had a strong socialist base.
The response in Liverpool generally has been britliant. We've had excellent support from all sorts of people.
We have also had excellent international support. in bockels nove sult 5,000 dollars and promised to feruse to umodo any cargo diverted from Liverpool. What next? Given the support we've had, we think we're winning. It's just a question of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company realising that.