September 28 - Solidarity on the Docks

Labor History in 2:00 · Sep 28, 2026 · 1m

Would you be willing to stand up in solidarity with your fellow workers, even if it cost you your job?

On this day in Labor History the workers at Mersey Docks and Harbor Company in Liverpool, England answered that question.

The year was 1995.

329 Mersey Dock workers refused to cross a picket line that was being walked against another company on the docks.

The workers at Torside had been fired for protesting against erosions in job security and increasingly unpredictable scheduling.

They were speaking out against the casualization of their labor.

When the Mersey Dock workers would not cross…