1966/67. Labels: #BlueFunnel #liverpool #seamensstrike #Spedding. 1969. There are plenty of details to show how and why this was so. But in February that year Bill Hogarth, General Secretary of the National Union of Seamen (NUS), signed a backdoor agreement with the owners putting seamen on a 56-hour week. Date: 1966 Jan 01 - 1966 Oct 31 Held by: The National Archives, Kew: Former reference in its original department: 1/IR 1342/1966: Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description C $12.45. C $0.59. then He declared a "State of Emergency " . On 28 May 1966 , Harold Wilson said Communists were using the seamen's strike to gain influence over the National Union of Seamen. In May 1966, a strike by seamen caused several cruise liners and other large ships to be stranded in Southampton Docks. The tanker sailed from Aberdeen last night with her cargo of 1,500 tons of fuel oil still aboard. Poland postmark GDANSK - Seamen's and Dockers Union anchor. Buy It Now +C $2.85 shipping . In context. Time left 7d 15h left. Maron. Port Talbot Tidal Harbour, completed in 1970. Apr 17th #106 Apapa and tugs, from Lady of Mann , 12 September 1966 . Port Talbot Dock in the 1900s. INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN… Balance of Payments achieved by Jenkins surplus but still 12 percent inflation. Review Of 1960. Review of the year's events - 1960. Wilson's critical attitude. Quizlet Live. There has been a virtually complete strike of dockers in Liverpool and Birkenhead since 18th September. These unskilled workers were indispensable to transport of goods by water and if they worked together they wielded considerable influence 3. Seamen and Dockers Strike. Dockers at Aberdeen agreed not to discharge the cargo. Bruce Nelson, Workers on the Waterfront; Seamen, Longshoremen, and Unionism in the 1930s (1988) 1. Flashcards. Southampton, 1966 Seaman's Strike. Bristol blacklisted in the 1966 Seamen’s Strike. Apr 19th #108 Empress of England in Langton Basin 29 January 1969. Many of the company’s … The 1966 strike was fought on the demand for a 40-hour week and £60 a month for an able seaman. Selected Originals - Seamen On Strike. was by the emergence of independent locally-based unions among both dockers and seamen. 1966. In 1966 British seamen went on strike in a dispute over increased working hours. INCHCAPE Shipping Services (ISS) is advising of a 48 hour strike of the Seamen's Union in Greece on January 20, which is expected to affect the routes of domestic and local ferries and vessels calling at Piraeus, Aspropyrgos, Eleusis, Pachi, Megara and Thessaloniki ports to discharge cargo. Local Greek seamen and dockers strike for 2 days over pensions. Apr 16th #105 Circassia paying off, March 1966 . When did war break out in the Middle East, affecting oil supplies? In London, the Royal Group, West India and Millwall docks, and to a lesser extent London and St. Katharine's docks, have also been affected.These strikes, which are unofficial, now involve about 16,000 men, and have caused serious interference with trade, in particular with exports. SEAMEN'S STRIKE Can Britain's Shipping Survive? Apr 18th #107 Empress of Canada and Aureol, July 1970 . 50th Anniversary of the 1966 NUS Strike Further to circular no. In May 1966, a strike by seamen caused several cruise liners and other large ships to be stranded in Southampton. C $0.53. Herring drifters in East Anglia and workers at Savoy Hotel, London go on strike. These measures culminated in his claims of communist influence on the union, which … The two photos below, both taken during the six week Seamen's Strike in May/June 1966, show a variety of Blue Funnel ships moored up in Gladstone Dock, Liverpool. In May 1966, in response to a strike by the National Union of Seamen, Prime Minister Harold Wilson declared the first state of emergency in Britain for over a decade. In the aftermath of the sterling crisis, who retired from the cabinet over the incomes policy? Posted 27th April 2019 by the corn poppy. Mobile. strike by the National Union of Seamen. Frank Cousins. British intervene in Northern Ireland. . Also their union, the National Union of Seamen, had been run like a petty dictatorship by its founder Havelock Wilson. E-mail this story to a friend: The strike could hold up 75% of UK imports and exports. 68.07.13 Gdańsk Związek Marynarzy I Portowców. This is the Queen Mary. Docks at a standstill in Liverpool on the first day of the national seamen’s strike, May 1966. 1967. Seamen On Strike (1960) My family (I wasn't around then) were there on holiday, and my Dad took these photos. Perseus. The seamen's struggle of 1966 was beaten before it began. . One by one the mail ships arrived, as did the fruit ships. Features. 0 bids. The seamen's Executive are probably in little doubt that the strike will not succeed in forcing any settlement beyond that which is so widely regarded as reasonable. Accompanied by most of the merchant navy’s largest passenger fleets Southampton was a splendid sight. The additional dock area and new lock entrance shown on the map were completed in 1898. 0 Add a comment Spedding During the 1960s and 1970s … 1970 . In Place of Strife. Locks, early 1900s. As a result of this strike many liners and cruise ships were stuck in port for the duration of the dispute. Uk: Dock Strike Continues - Food Prices Up: Strike Breakers Get Police... (1970) Effects of... Reuters. 1969. Tony Benn becomes minister of technology. In a great hurry, the inquiry recommended substantial cuts in the working week, but precious little money to go with them, and the National Union of Seamen stayed out on strike… From Poland. Calchas. By WILFRED BECKERMAN WHILE there has been growing recognition that perhaps the seamen have a case after all, it is generally supposed that not much atten- tion need be paid to it since the owners cannot afford to pay any more and the taxpayer cannot be asked to pay as it is neither a nationalised industry nor a 'way of life' like agriculture. The backdoor agreement. Item 00395/LIB - Seamen and Dockers Union (Western Australia Branch) - Amendment of Rules - 25/1967 - Transcript. Up and down the quays of Southampton the lavender hull could be seen everywhere. An activist in the National Seamen’s Reform Movement and a prominent strike leader in the London docks, Gordon Norris died in 2015, aged 87, but on the 40th anniversary of the 1966 strike … The seamen claimed the ship was being used as a replacement for strike-bound British tankers. What caused the 1966 sterling crisis? Oct 7, 2017 - Scythia, Alaunia, Sylvania. Seamen's strike, 1966. Antilochus. Loach was last in Liverpool filming dockers almost 30 years ago, for The Big Flame, a drama based on the 1967 dock strike. From Poland. Unholy alliance - The 1966 Seamen's Strike: An analysis Direct Action Pamphlets #10. Amongst the ships are the SS Canberra and the Queen Mary. Docks with ship in dry dock - taken during the seamen's strike of 1966. Buy It Now +C $7.11 shipping. 1969. The seamen's strike had cost Cunard £3 million. (Autumn 1966) From The Notebook, ... described the bitter betrayal that ended the seamen’s strike. More news from the strike that has brought London Docks to a halt. Seamen had won a 44-hour week in 1961, following, their unofficial 1960 dispute, by threatening another go if the 1960 aims were not conceded. C $12.09. Emergency powers were last used during the seamen's strike in 1966, when the original 1920 legislation was amended. SEAMEN'S AND DOCKER'S UNION POLISH OCEAN LINES POLAND PENNANT WIMPEL. FILES - TRANSCRIPT; Seamen and Dockers Union (Western Australia … In the summer of 1911, strikes took place among seafarers and dockers in all the major British ports, in Belgium, the Netherlands and parts of the USA. Port Talbot Docks in 1965, shortly before the commencement of Port Talbot Tidal Harbour. NP/0101/06 of 24th August 2006, this year the union celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the National Union of Seamen’s historic strike of 1966. FILES - TRANSCRIPT; Seamen and Dockers Union (Western Australia … Sir Basil commented: ... #109 Empress of Canada, Empress of England, Seamen’s strike 1966. Diagrams. 'beaverbrae' Captain Exposes Strike Agitators. Frustrated dockers went out on strike in early July demanding a cut in hours and an increase in wages – and the city’s seafarers soon followed suit. File 00395/LIB - Seamen and Dockers Union (Western Australia Branch) - Amendment of Rules - 25/1967 - Transcript. The story of the 1949 Canadian Seamen’s Union (CSU) strike is an appalling story in the history of the Canadian labour movement and indeed Canadian history in general. The seamen wanted their working week reduced from 56 hours to 44 and a pay increase of £4 a month. End of Post War Consensus. Seamen in the UK had achieved, through local militancy and unofficial disputes, a 42 hour working week by 1965. Memnon. Time left 1d 12h left. I think it caused a large LAbour party rift between the Left and teh Centre ground . My Dad took these photos (click for larger versions, or here for the full set in Flickr). The Seamen’s Strike in 1966 was a wonderful time for ship enthusiasts in most UK ports but Southampton in particular. What shocked many on the Left after the National Union of Seamen strike? It is the first national dock strike since 1926 and involves around 47,000 dockworkers across the country. Since the unofficial disputes in 1960 the rank and file of the National Union of Seamen had given every indication that they at least had established sovereignty. Unofficial strikes in 1947, 1948, 1955, 1960, 1962 and 1965 by frustrated members saw seamen jailed or expelled from the union. He said they were "endangering the security of the industry and the economic welfare of the nation". My family were on holiday down there at the time, and they went on a boat trip around the docks. History of the seamen's strike 1966: economic consequences of the strike. This article considers why he felt obliged to take such action and how it fitted into a package of measures aimed at countering the strike. Material relating to newsreel story "Seamen on Strike" - 60/67. Dock Strike Hits France (1963) Idle docks and full dockside building during the dock strike in... British Pathé. On ships and docks a small group of highly skilled workers directed the longshoremen and sailors 2. 0 bids. 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