Not being covered in the corporate media: Today! May 1, West Coast Ports to be shut down to protest war!
● For Workers Strikes Against the War! ILWU to Shut Down West Coast Ports May 1 Demanding End to War in Iraq, Afghanistan. In a major step for the U.S. labor movement, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has announced that it will shut down West Coast ports on May 1, to demand an immediate end to the war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Middle East.
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Defying Employers, Anti-War Dockworkers Plan to Shut Down West Coast Ports
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has been organizing to shut down ports on the West Coast today – May Day—to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But yesterday an arbitrator ordered the union to tell its members that they must report to work today. We speak to Clarence Thomas, an executive Board member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 and a member of U.S. Labor Against the War.
Tension is rising here on the West Coast between dockworkers and their employers group, the Pacific Maritime Association. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has been organizing to shut down ports on the West Coast today – May Day—to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But yesterday an arbitrator ordered the union to tell its members that they must report to work today. Meanwhile dockworkers in Iraq have announced plans to shut down the ports of Umm Qasr and Khor Al Zubair for one hour today to show solidarity with the U.S. dockworkers.
To talk more about the situation we are joined by Clarence Thomas. He is an executive Board member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 and a member of U.S. Labor Against the War.
Clarence Thomas, Executive Board member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 and a member of U.S. Labor Against the War.
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