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| Occupy plans to shut down US west coast ports |
| 2011-12-10 |
| [Iran Press TV] The Occupy movement will attempt to shut down all the major ports on the west coast of the U.S. in support of a union battle in Longview, Washington, despite the union opposing the action. Thousands of protesters from various west coast occupations are expected to take part on Monday 12 December. The action is intended to support a long-running International Longshore Workers' Union (ILWU) fight to prevent a terminal operator using workers from a different union. However, Switzerland makes more than cheese... a row has broken out in advance of the shutdown, with the ILWU asking Occupy protesters to call off the action. Occupy Oakland, which organized a "general strike" and shut down Oakland's port in early November, has partnered with occupations including Portland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Tacoma and Seattle in a bid to stop all port activity on America's west coast. Protesters will march to port terminals and create picket lines in the same way Occupy Oakland did last month, aware that local ILWU arbitrators are then likely to rule that longshore workers should not cross the lines for safety reasons. "The West Coast ports will be blockaded on December 12th in solidarity with longshoremen and port truckers struggles against EGT and Goldman Sachs," ...Malefactors of Great Wealth, the second most generous contributor to the 2008 Obama campaign, with a total of $1,013,091... the west coast port shutdown website says. Protesters involved in planning the 12 December shutdown say they do have the support of rank-and-file union members -- if not the ILWU leadership. Guardian |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 See also CHINA DAILY FORUM > US SET TO USE ARMY TO PUT DOWN "OCCUPY" PROTESTS. US Army Corps of Engineers, ergo an US Army matter. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-12-10 00:34 |