Liverpool Dockers

500 striking Liverpool dockers have been sacked. They have a long history of supporting other campaigns. They've allowed Greenpeace to picket their vessels and have refused to handle nuclear waste, expected on a contract between Mersey Docks & Harbour Company and Japan. Goods were refused from S. Africa and Namibia when they were ruled by apartheid, and Chile, when thousands of workers and students were imprisoned and put to death by the dictatorship.

They're now being punished for fighting casualisation, part time work and the right to trades unions. Five community marches and rallies have been set up, and a 36,000 tonne ship prevented from docking in Liverpool in solidarity. Support is needed and deserved. 0171 627 8666, 0171 387 0564.