from: International Dockworkers Committee
Le Havre, 28 October 1996
to: Bill Morris, General Secretary TGWU
Dear Brother Morris,
Following the International Dockers' Conferences held in England in support of the just demands of the sacked Liverpool Dockworkers (Feb '96 and Sept. '96) it was agreed that an INTERNATIONAL DOCKWORKERS COMMITTEE be elected and mandated to coordinate all forms of supporting actions for dockers worldwide.
The only purpose and objective of this International Committee is to create a movement of solidarity in the dockers' profession, which is now internationally threatened.
It is clear that the first action of this International Committee is to see the reinstatement of the Liverpool Dockers in their jobs with their dignity.
Following a meeting of this International Committee held in Paris in October, it is urgent that a small delegation from this International Committee meet with you as the General Secretary of the TGWU, to firstly give you the opportunity to know who we are, and secondly to receive the position of the TGWU in this dramatic struggle.
We do insist on the urgency of this meeting and will respond to any date and venues you may suggest.
Yours fraternally,
Patrick Minot
HOST CHAIRMAN
Patrick MINOT, General Secretary, Dockworkers Union, Le Havre
Jim NOLAN, Chairman, Merseyside Port Shop Stewards, Liverpool
Michel MURRAY, President, Dockworkers Union, Montreal
Bjorn BORG, Swedish Dockworkers' Union
Karssten GRAV, Port of Aarhus Dockworkers
Gianni DOZZA, CULMV, Genoa
Eusebio PENALVER, Coordinadora, Tarragona
Morten ROLSTED, Port of Copenhagen Dockworkers
Jack HEYMAN, ILWU, San Francisco
Mattias Von DOMBROWSKI, Port of Hamburg Dockworkers
IMPORTANT: Please send your response to the 'Syndicat General des Ouvriers Dockers du Port du Havre'.
Tel: 00 33 02 35 24 64 44
Fax: 00 33 02 35 24 64 40
