Southampton dock workers belonging to Britain's Transport and General Workers Union on Thursday July 31 refused to load a computer controlled milling machine ordered by a South African company.
Archive record
Dock workers blockade SA cargo

- Origin date
- April 1982
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Dock workers blockade SA cargo. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/af/ref/R-0106956
South African History Online (2016) 'Dock workers blockade SA cargo', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/af/ref/R-0106956 (Accessed: 30 July 2026).
South African History Online, Dock workers blockade SA cargo [website], https://sahistory.org.za/af/ref/R-0106956, (accessed 30 July 2026).
"Dock workers blockade SA cargo." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/af/ref/R-0106956. Accessed 30 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Dock workers blockade SA cargo." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/af/ref/R-0106956.
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