Dock workers prosecuted under Order 1305 - Port Workers Committee leaflet, 1951

1951 1945-1960 "Dock workers prosecuted under Order 1305 - Port Workers Committee leaflet, 1951" [T0376.jpg], 1951 Between 1948-1951 Port Workers' Committees were established in London, Manchester and Liverpool in support of a "Dockers Charter", which focused on a daily guar...

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Language:English
Published: 1951
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description 1951 1945-1960 "Dock workers prosecuted under Order 1305 - Port Workers Committee leaflet, 1951" [T0376.jpg], 1951 Between 1948-1951 Port Workers' Committees were established in London, Manchester and Liverpool in support of a "Dockers Charter", which focused on a daily guaranteed wage of 25 shillings, pensions and decasualisation. In early 1951, when the Transport and General Workers Union accepted a wage offer less than the Dockers Charter demand, Unofficial strikes broke out in several ports. In London, seven dockers' leaders were charged under Order 1305, a wartime emergency power still in force, with conspiracy to incite dockers to strike. This leaflet was issued by the Post Workers Committee in April 1951, when the men's trial moved to the Old Bailey. They were eventually acquitted, carried shoulder high from the court by a crowd of dockers led by Jack Dash, and the order was replaced by a less severe Industrial Disputes Order.
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publishDate 1951
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Dock workers (BT: Transport)
Dock workers prosecuted under Order 1305 - Port Workers Committee leaflet, 1951
title Dock workers prosecuted under Order 1305 - Port Workers Committee leaflet, 1951
topic Trade Union Congress, UK
Dock workers (BT: Transport)
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