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Dockers voted last Friday 28 Murch to continue their unofficial strike that has brought London docks to a halt for the last four weeks A mass meeting decided to continue action until the employers agree to pay the men for the two days they were locked out, agree to return to Tilbury ships diverted by the strike, and give a guarantee against disciplinary action.

Despite a well-orchestrated canpaign in the press to suggest support for the strike amongst London's 11, OOD dockers was falling off, the dock ers are again attempting to extend the strike nationally. As we go to press Hull dockers are due to moet to consider another plea to join the strike. So far support roccived from other ports has been non-existent.

Yet the dockers strugnie is a vital fight for jobs. The basic issue is the same as in the 1972 strike that led to the near-general strike to free the five dockers imprisoned for picketing unde the Tories Industrial Relations Act -containerisation. The dockers who have lost thousands of jobs due to containersation - over 10.000 in Lon don since 1967 - are claindng that the stuffing and stripping of contamora Continued on pare 11 So we have no hesitation is asking you to dig down really