Strike Against War Shuts Down West Coast Ports
Peter Cole writes for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "On Thursday, May Day, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union will declare an eight-hour strike to protest the war in Iraq. Since the ILWU controls every port along the U.S. Pacific Coast, including Seattle and Tacoma, this strike demonstrates the collective power of workers willing to use it."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050108B.shtm
[ http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/01/18482849.php ]
Union's War Protest Shuts Down West Coast Ports
William Yardley, for The New York Times: "West Coast ports were shut down on Thursday as thousands of longshoremen failed to report for work, part of what their union leaders said was a one-day, one-shift protest against the war in Iraq. Cranes and forklifts stood still from Seattle to San Diego, and ships were stalled at sea as workers held rallies up and down the coast to blame the war for distracting public attention and money from domestic needs like health care and education."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050208L.shtml
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Thousands of Dockworkers Close Ports in War Protest
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/01/8660/
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Dockworkers close ports in war protest
LA Times
05/01/08
Thousands of dockworkers at all 29 West Coast ports, including Los Angeles and Long Beach, took the day off work today in what their union called a protest of the war in Iraq, effectively shutting down operations at the busy complexes.The action came two months before the contract expires between the dockworkers, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, and the Pacific Maritime Assn., which represents port operators and large shippers, many of them foreign-owned.“We are supporting the troops and telling politicians in Washington that it’s time to end the war in Iraq,” said union President Bob McEllrath...
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ports2-2008may02,0,2955025,print.story
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tacoma
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=dockworker
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Longshore+Warehouse+Union
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Yardley
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050108B.shtm
[ http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/01/18482849.php ]
Union's War Protest Shuts Down West Coast Ports
William Yardley, for The New York Times: "West Coast ports were shut down on Thursday as thousands of longshoremen failed to report for work, part of what their union leaders said was a one-day, one-shift protest against the war in Iraq. Cranes and forklifts stood still from Seattle to San Diego, and ships were stalled at sea as workers held rallies up and down the coast to blame the war for distracting public attention and money from domestic needs like health care and education."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050208L.shtml
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Thousands of Dockworkers Close Ports in War Protest
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/01/8660/
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Dockworkers close ports in war protest
LA Times
05/01/08
Thousands of dockworkers at all 29 West Coast ports, including Los Angeles and Long Beach, took the day off work today in what their union called a protest of the war in Iraq, effectively shutting down operations at the busy complexes.The action came two months before the contract expires between the dockworkers, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, and the Pacific Maritime Assn., which represents port operators and large shippers, many of them foreign-owned.“We are supporting the troops and telling politicians in Washington that it’s time to end the war in Iraq,” said union President Bob McEllrath...
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ports2-2008may02,0,2955025,print.story
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tacoma
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=dockworker
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Longshore+Warehouse+Union
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Yardley
rudkla - 1. Mai, 22:05
