On this day, 16 May 1966, seamen across the UK walked out on a nationwide strike for the first time in half a century. Holding solid for seven weeks, they won a reduction in working hours from 56 to 48 per week. But many workers were unhappy as they wished to return to the 44 hour week the union negotiated away in 1965, but the union did not ask for solidarity action and the Trades Union Congress instructed other unions not to support the seamen. This is a detailed account of the dispute from a participant: http://libcom.org/library/seamen-strike-1966-foulser
Pictured: a scab who got thrown in the sea https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1125301770988305/?type=3