ILWU to Shut Down West Coast Ports May 1 Demanding End to War in Iraq, Afghanistan

[Popol Vuh]

I am pleased to announce that the union (Internation Longshore and Warehouse Union) I am a member of will be shutting down on May 1st to call for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and to call on all of our troops to be brought back home immediately.

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. This is the first time in decades that an American union has decided to undertake industrial action against a U.S. war. The action announced by the powerful West Coast dock workers union, to stop work to stop the war, should be taken up by unions and labor organizations throughout the United States and internationally. And the purpose of such actions should be not to beg the bourgeois politicians whose hands are covered with blood, having voted for every war budget for six and a half years, but a show of strength of the working people who make this country run, and who can shut it down!

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/01/18482849.php

[lligrd]

1. Wow, Really? That Is Way Cool! nt

[IDemo]

2. Thanks for doing this!

former CWA member here. :thumbsup:

[Popol Vuh]

3. Thanks lligrd & IDemo

As we all know something has to be done (not that a whole lotta people haven't already) to try and end the twilight zone we've been having to endure for the last six years. I hope this helps make some of our law makers think.

I also remember seeing a flyer and memo posted about a three day march from Hollywood to the Los Angeles Harbor coming up April 15, 16 and 17. Let me see if I can't find more on that one to post more details.



:patriot:

[Popol Vuh]

4. I found an article on the net

about the up coming march also that I just mentioned.

http://www.local1521a.org/Hollywood%20to%20the%20docks%20March.htm

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Awesome!!

[RedCappedBandit]

6. Awesome.

You should be very proud.

[Popol Vuh]

7. Oh I sure am

Ever since I started working on the docks back in 1995 I have loved this union. Its solidarity and sense of community has always so impressed me. I am so glad to be a member.

[aquart]

8. Congratulations.

Having your union's support is a very good thing.

[Popol Vuh]

9. Thanks Aquart

and the rest of you.

:hi:

[bluesmail]

10. I do hope it goes smoothly

what with the attention it's been getting. Stay Safe All, and look out for provocateurs