BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11017@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20250923 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20251007 DTSTAMP:20251001T151854Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/the-sound-agents-30-years-since- the-liverpool-dockers-dispute/ SUMMARY:News From Nowhere: The Sound Agents: 30 Years Since the Liverpool D ocker's Dispute DESCRIPTION:To mark the 30th anniversary of the Liverpool Dockers dispute\, John Campbell and Moira Kenny-Campbell\, of The Sound Agents: Arts\, Cult ure and Heritage organisation\, have been collecting items from local fami lies for a special exhibition.\n\nThe Exhibition is featured in the shop w indow of Radical and Community bookshop News from Nowhere\, 96 Bold Street \, Liverpool\, L1 4HY\n\nThe idea for the display was inspired when Joan B ennet\, co-founder and treasurer of Women of the Waterfront (WOW)\, donate d her late husband Paddy’s archive to The Dockers Club Facebook Group ru n by The Sound Agents\, to help establish a permanent archive. Other local families have also contributed precious items\, and the Liverpool Dockers Archive will soon be accessible at the Liverpool Record Office\, Central Library.\n\nFormer sacked docker and steward Kevin Robinson has volunteere d as a consultant for the project. Reflecting on the anniversary\, he said : “It’s important to mark this date because of the struggle we had to gain the victory.\n\nEven though it was a massive struggle for all concer ned\, it was won with local\, national\, and international support. Suppor ting workers in struggle has no boundaries. Workers united will never be d efeated.”\n\n“We followed in the Miners footsteps and got the women on board. They didn’t know what we did or where we worked\, we could be an ywhere on a 7 mile span of the Docks. I told the men ‘When the money dri es up\, love goes out the window’\n\nThe women were amazing\, their conf idence grew and they spoke in front of hundreds of people internationally ”\n\nThe Liverpool Dockers dispute was one of the most significant labou r struggles of the late 20th century. For two and a half years\, from Sept ember 1995 to January 1998\, the dockers fought against mass sackings and anti-union laws designed to break solidarity on the waterfront.\n\nThe dis pute began when five workers employed by Torside Limited were dismissed ov er an overtime pay disagreement. In a show of solidarity\, their colleague s refused to cross the picket line. This led to 80 more sackings. The Mers ey Docks and Harbour Company then escalated the situation further\, dismis sing 500 dockers for refusing to cross the Torside picket line. These sack ings were later declared illegal under UK labour laws\, which at the time were structured to weaken unions and criminalise solidarity.\n\nFor 28 mon ths\, the Liverpool dockers stood firm. They faced unemployment\, hardship \, and a hostile legal framework\, yet they refused to abandon each other\ , inspiring trade unionists around the world with their courage and determ ination.\n\nThe exhibition will be on display until 6th October.\n\nNews F rom Nowhere opening hours\nMonday – Saturday 10am – 5.30pm\nSunday 11a m – 4.30pm ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2025/10/Dockers-Dispute-Exhibition-detail-scaled.jpeg CATEGORIES:Exhibitions LOCATION:News From Nowhere\, 96 Bold Street\, Liverpool\, L1 4HY\, Liverpoo l\, United Kingdom GEO:53.402486;-2.977567 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=96 Bold Street\, Liverpool\ , L1 4HY\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=News From Nowhere:geo:53.402486,-2.977567 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR