The Defectors
Three men, employed by the National Farmers' Federation, PC Stevedores, Webb Dock operation, defected from Webb Dock in the weeks leading up to the lockout. Two, Richard Scougall and Lucas Rene (see sworn affidavits) exposed how the training at Webb dock was a sham.
One, Jamie Meek, warned that Patrick Stevedores would sack its entire unionised workforce by Easter - symbolically Crucifixion Day. But the plans were rushed forward when, forearmed, the MUA took pre-emptive action in the Federal Court.
