The Port of Oakland Will Shut Down to Protest Police Violence

[arcane1]

This Friday, the Port of Oakland's rumbling cranes will stand silent as workers rally against recent police shootings and violence.

Local longshoremen are helping organize the extremely busy port's day-long shutdown, which will last from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. In an unusual sign of solidarity, shipping and terminal owners are supporting the protest, reports the San Francisco Business Times:

It will mark the first time in more than a decade that the Port of Oakland employees have stopped work with the approval of business owners, according to a person familiar with the port's labor operations.

The protests come during a growing national debate and protests over police violence, most recently with death of a 25-year-old Freddie Gray of Baltimore.

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http://www.citylab.com/work/2015/04/the-port-of-oakland-will-shut-down-to-protest-police-violence/391631/


I used to work for one of these shipping companies, and this makes me proud!

[NM_Birder]

1. When you plan, organize and schedule a

shutdown, are you sure that's a "protest".
It sounds like a day off.


Local businesses approved the shutdown and helped organize it, to disrupt commerce ?

[arcane1]

2. Yep. There is going to be a march on Friday and they'll be participating in it.

[NM_Birder]

3. If it's planned. How does it disrupt ?

[arcane1]

5. Why are you asking me? I just posted the link.

The ports operate 24 hours a day, so being shut down for 8 hours makes for a huge backlog.

99.999999999% of all protests (including last night in Baltimore) are planned and scheduled in advance. It's normal.

[NM_Birder]

8. I guess I'm at a loss why I am asking you anything.

you just claimed with near mathematical certainty that all protests are planned and scheduled, "including last night in Baltimore"

[arcane1]

9. Because they are n/t

[whatthehey]

7. Because not every single importer and exporter was in on it?

Or had time and notice to reroute their cargo.

Ships take a while to get places....

[LanternWaste]

6. Plans, schedules and organizing do not deny the definition of 'protest

Plans, schedules, organizing and across-the-board solidarity do not deny the definition of 'protest', regardless of what it may or may not "sound" like to any one person.

[cwydro]

4. This kind of protest I can get behind.

Burning down one's own neighborhood is counter-productive.

[lumberjack_jeff]

10. Exactly this.

It's a nationwide problem. Bring it to every doorstep, not just inner city merchants.