Clash ahead over longshore union war protest
May 8 2008 14:33
#62
gurley wrote:
syndicalist wrote:
Hey there... ILA is East Coast (US/Can) and Gulf. ILWU strictly West Coast (US/Canada) & Hawaii.This is all right on.
I would also check out the Longshore Workers Coalition for ILA reform stuff.
http://www.lwcjustice.com/This transport workers site usually has good info posted as well:
http://www.transportworkers.org/Apparently the truckers have been on strike for two days. Monday came and went without incident...but yesterday the police started ticketing and disbursing people. Some were ticketed for alleged vandalism. Here is the story:
http://origin.insidebayarea.com/ci_9176969Not sure about today. I'll post if I hear anything....i'm usually in my own little world floating around on the ferries, so it takes a while for news from Oakland to reach me :)
Yeah, forgot about the LWC...thanks for the reminder & link (and the others as well).
What's new with the IBU and the Hornblower campaign?
May 8 2008 16:14
#63
syndicalist wrote:
gurley wrote:
syndicalist wrote:
Hey there... ILA is East Coast (US/Can) and Gulf. ILWU strictly West Coast (US/Canada) & Hawaii.This is all right on.
I would also check out the Longshore Workers Coalition for ILA reform stuff.
http://www.lwcjustice.com/This transport workers site usually has good info posted as well:
http://www.transportworkers.org/Apparently the truckers have been on strike for two days. Monday came and went without incident...but yesterday the police started ticketing and disbursing people. Some were ticketed for alleged vandalism. Here is the story:
http://origin.insidebayarea.com/ci_9176969Not sure about today. I'll post if I hear anything....i'm usually in my own little world floating around on the ferries, so it takes a while for news from Oakland to reach me :)
Yeah, forgot about the LWC...thanks for the reminder & link (and the others as well).
What's new with the IBU and the Hornblower campaign?
Um...you know....stuff and things 
May 8 2008 16:16
#64
Quote:
Gurley: Um...you know....stuff and things
Just a wee-bit. Always looking to learn more. 
May 8 2008 20:10
#65
Things are shaking up in ILA, and about damn time. The LWC looks strong in the south and I noticed on the International Dockers Council site that a New Jersey local had asked to affiliate. I think the Charleston struggle taught them some lessons.
May 24 2008 22:43
#66
I guess this IWW member made the wrong call:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/portofaztlan/message/1112
May 24 2008 23:16
#67
Tyee-tin-tin wrote:
I guess this IWW member made the wrong call:http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/portofaztlan/message/1112
I would say so! But how do you know they're a wob?
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This is all right on.
I would also check out the Longshore Workers Coalition for ILA reform stuff.
http://www.lwcjustice.com/
This transport workers site usually has good info posted as well:
http://www.transportworkers.org/
Apparently the truckers have been on strike for two days. Monday came and went without incident...but yesterday the police started ticketing and disbursing people. Some were ticketed for alleged vandalism. Here is the story:
http://origin.insidebayarea.com/ci_9176969
Not sure about today. I'll post if I hear anything....i'm usually in my own little world floating around on the ferries, so it takes a while for news from Oakland to reach me