Members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union are proceeding with plans for a work stoppage at 29 West Coast ports on May 1 to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, despite the fact that union leadership has withdrawn its request to waterfront employers that they accommodate closure of the ports.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/26/BUC610C2HA.DTL
Looks like we need to start mobilizing a defense campaign for the dockers
PMA, which has a heavy investment in the Iraq war through it's member Stevedoring Services of America , seems in the mood to prosecute.













