On this day, 30 April 1951, a railway bridge near Huntly, New Zealand was blown up during an industrial dispute by dock workers. Train drivers were warned in advance so there were no casualties. However the distribution of coal from nearby mines was severely disrupted. Despite a government and media outcry the perpetrators were never caught.
Pictured: dockers protesting during the dispute http://bit.ly/2J5xYS6
British soldiers beat a teenager after shooting dead 11 unarmed Catholic civilians during the Ballymurphy Massacre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 11 August 1971
On this day, 30 April 1963, a boycott was launched of buses in Bristol, England, by a group of West Indian migrant workers in protest at the bar on black and Asian workers working in bus crews in the city. The “colour bar” was enforced by the TGWU union and the state-owned Bristol Omnibus Company after white union members had threatened to walk out if “coloured” workers were employed. After months of the boycott, and mass protests, bus workers voted at a mass meeting in August to end the ban. In September the first bus conductor of colour was recruited. Two years later the Race Relations Act was introduced which forbade race discrimination in public places.
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