Merseyside MPs again called on the government to launch an inquiry into a shipyard strike which resulted in 37 workers "deliberately targeted" and jailed.
The workers from shipbuilding yard Cammell Laird were sentenced to a month in prison in 1984 after withdrawing their labour. The men downed tools in May before being sacked and ordered off the site under trespassing laws in August of the same year. After refusing, they were held under contempt of court laws and jailed.
The 37 workers, some of whom have since died, were imprisoned in the category A Walton Prison for their role in the official strike action over job losses. The workers were dismissed from their jobs and had all their redundancy and pensions withdrawn, and struggled to find paid work after their release.
