With a U.S. dockworkers strike looming, a history of labor mobilizing in Liverpool

This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC.

In the U.S., talks are expected to restart this week between longshoremen and port operators to avert another shutdown of the East Coast’s docks, where automation remains a key sticking point. Looking back, one of the longest running British industrial disputes of modern times was centered around the docks in Liverpool — the U.K.’s fifth biggest port, located in the northwest England.

Tony Nelson, a former Liverpool dockworker...