dock strike

Dock strikes were occurring and a general strike was clearly impending.

They were first used in the Singapore dock strike, October 1945.

Furthermore, the economy was hit in mid-September when a national dock strike lasted for eight weeks.

His political career was effectively ended when he clashed with the government over the 1949 London dock strike.

The trade union movement was gathering strength and there was talk of a full dock strike.

An indefinite national dock strike appears increasingly likely next week, affecting almost half of Britain's trade.

When the Australian team arrived after a hellish boat trip, they found a dock strike in progress.

With a constituency near the docks, Daines was brought into the 1949 unofficial dock strike.

In the "Great Dock Strike" he was guilty of taking a leading part.

The scheme was introduced by the Labour government in response to the Dock Strike of 1945.

Unofficial dock strikes began at once and the threat of widespread stoppages of work became very real.

Thorne also helped to organise the London Dock Strike in 1889.

Nash began his career as journalist covering the London Dock Strike of 1889.

"And with half the militia engaged in slake moth duties, we can't risk another dock strike, or anything similar.

She supported the London Dock Strike of 1889 and helped organise laundresses.

He'd had trouble over a dock strike in France, and had some perishable cargoes which he couldn't deliver.

"We're talking about the dock strike?"

An example of an 'instant' bill in the last session was the one abolishing the dock labour scheme, which sparked a national dock strike.

Dock Workers Union leaders have been meeting to consider a national dock strike over Government plans to scrap the jobs for life scheme.

Jack Dash, a Communist famous for his role in London dock strikes, died Thursday.

One of the Dock Strike leaders is in a mood to make recruiting speeches all over the Empire."

Andrew Stavanger was compelled to turn to the bank for help after the dock strikes, and it was then that I got to know him.

Cardinal Manning was instrumental in settling the London Dock Strike of 1889.

Initial success was helped by a cement strike in Ireland and a dock strike in England.

For the Canadian rowing club, the experience was not without hazards; their shell was caught in the middle of a British dock strike.