Commies, Code Pink and The ILWU West Coast Ports Shutdown
By 186 on May 1, 2008
Looks like the ILWU had some help organizing their “May Day” shutdown of the West Coast ports in “protest” of the War in Iraq.
CPUSA Online - Labor Upfront - April 21, 2008
CODEPINK : CODEPINK ACTION CALENDAR
ILWU+code pink+cpusa - Google Search
Dockworkers Protest Iraq War - New York Times
Thousands of dockworkers at West Coast ports stayed off the job on Thursday in what their union said was a call for an end to the war in Iraq.The International Longshore and Warehouse Union said more than 25,000 members in 29 ports stayed off the job. The action came despite an order issued Wednesday by an arbitrator directing the union to tell its members to report for work as usual in response to a request from employers.
“Longshore workers are standing down on the job and standing up for America,” Bob McEllrath, the union’s president, said in a statement. “We’re supporting the troops and telling politicians in Washington that it’s time to end the war in Iraq.”
