May 1st is International Workers Day, and the ILWU (the longshore union) has shut down the west coast ports, demanding an end to the war in Iraq and Afganistan.
They did this last year, but for some reason it is a surprise everytime.
In a February 22 letter to AFL-CIO president John Sweeney, ILWU International president Robert McEllrath reported that at a recent coast-wide union meeting, “One of the resolutions adopted by caucus delegates called on longshore workers to stop work during the day shift on May 1, 2008 to express their opposition to the war in Iraq.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
ILWU Shuts Down West Coast Ports For May Day
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