Two years is two years too long to be locked out, scabbed, replaced for having committed an act of loyalty to the human race. And now international support of unions, survivalists and the likes of John Pilger and Ken Loach mark a fight that's become worldwide and doesn't ride in a royal coach. Ordinary Joe and Jane know exactly what we mean. Two years is two years too long. I'm not here simply to sing a song. We're all down for the dockers and coming on strong. This fall the bosses fall! Two years is two years too long. Jack Hirschman

Jim Donovan, Deputy Branch Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia, Central New South Wales Branch in Sydney Mike Williams, Wellington Branch Secretary of the Seafarers Union in New Zealand Bjorn Borg, Swedish Dockworkers Union Halinka Augustin, Secretary, Harbour Women's Committee, Rotterdam Liverpool dockers' children International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 23 Worker Communist Party of Iran-Britain