Solidarity Has No Borders:
The Journey Of The Neptune Jade
The Documentary In 1995, Liverpool T&G dockers went on strike to protest their firing for not crossing a picket line. Their strike was a challenge to the privatization of the ports by Thatcher and the union leadership of the Transport and General Workers Union which refused to support their strike action citing the anti-labor laws. This documentary is about the support action against the ship Neptune Jade in Oakland, California in 1997 which was carrying cargo from the struck port. Members of ILWU Local 10 and ILWU Local 34 refused to cross the picket line in solidarity with the striking Liverpool dockworkers. The picket continued in Vancouver, British Columbia where the ship was also not unloaded. It finally left for Kobe, Japan and the Japanese dock workers also refused to unload the cargo. For more information go to http://www.uppnet.org/Videos/LiverpoolDocks.html Produced by Labor Video Project P.O. Box 720027 San Francisco, CA 94172 (415)282-1908 www.laborvideo.org