Eighteen Filipino sailors striking over $360,000 in unpaid back pay ended their strike yesterday in Long Beach, California.
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An inspection by union officials on Labor Day showed that the sailors had only been paid half what they were owed. Longshoremen at the port refused to load the Endless, a 760-foot cargo ship with petroleum coke during the period of the strike, refusing to cross the picket line. At the end of the five-day dispute, they agreed to a settlement negotiated by the International Transport Workers Federation for $227,000. They were also given a flight home and guarantees against blacklisting.
update: October 14th 2006 - we've included this short video of the picket line from youtube:
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