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Bernie Steer, last of the Pentonville Five
Farewell to a hero of the Dockers’ Strike of 1972
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BERNIE STEER, the last of the Pentonville Five, is laid to rest today.
He died on July 20, the day before the 50th anniversary of the arrest of five dockers — Vic Turner, Derek Watkins, Cornelius Clancy, Tony Merrick and Steer — in 1972, which led to threats by the TUC of a general strike and contributed to the subsequent fall of Edward Heath’s Tory government.
Bernie Steer and Vic Turner were two of the main leaders of the powerful Dock Stewards Committee and the government action was seen as an attempt by it to break their influence.
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