Articles tagged Ports:
27 Years Ago Today the Dock Labour Scheme Was Abolished - And Here's How I Helped It Happen
- 6 Apr 2016
Twenty seven years ago today Norman Fowler announced the Repeal of the National Dock Labour Scheme in the House of Commons. I had been working for the National Association of Port Employers and, with Nicholas Finney, had been masterminding the lobbying campaign to get rid of t...
Walking Through a Dockers' Picket Line
- 6 Jul 2009
Two months ago I wrote about my part in the abolition of the Dock Labour Scheme. Tonight, it was if the clock had been turned back 20 years, as I had to walk through a dockers' picket line to attend a dinner at the National Liberal Club marking the 20th anniversary of the Sche...