Dockworkers

Dockworkers around us continued unloading fish from other boats with barely a glance in our direction.

Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'LA Times: Dockworkers take May Day off, idling all West Coast ports - Los Angeles Times'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Thousands of dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports, took the day off work today in what their union called a protest of the war in Iraq, effectively shutting down operations at the busy complexes ...

OpEdNews - Quicklink: LA Times: Dockworkers take May Day off, idling all West Coast ports - Los Angeles Times 2008

Dockworkers are working fewer hours, or sometimes none at all.

Port Slowdown Hits Charleston 2008

Dockworkers in Tacoma, Wash., walked off the job for several hours Friday, although that action was in response to local negotiations that involve only those workers, Mr. Getzug said.

Dockworkers Show Muscle as Talks Go On 2008

Yesterday in comments on my brief May Day post, M@ linked to this story from the SFGate:Dockworkers with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union walked off the job at ports up and down the West Coast, including Oakland and San Francisco, calling for an end to the war.

Archive 2008-05-01 2008

VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Dockworkers Protest Iraq War'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = '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.'

OpEdNews - Quicklink: Dockworkers Protest Iraq War 2008

Dockworkers take May Day off, idling all West Coast ports

OpEdNews - Quicklink: Dockworkers take May Day off, idling all West Coast ports 2008

Dockworkers affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Unions in South Africa and dockworkers in Mozambique refused to unload a ship loaded with AK-47 machine gun bullets, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades sold by China to Zimbabwe.

Inciting people to rise against the government and reporting falsehoods about people being killed 2008

VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Dockworkers take May Day off, idling all West Coast ports'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Thousands of dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports, including Los Angeles and Long Beach, took the day off work today in what their union called a protest of the war in Iraq, effectively shutting down operations at the busy complexes.

OpEdNews - Quicklink: Dockworkers take May Day off, idling all West Coast ports 2008

Dockworkers affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Unions in South Africa and dockworkers in Mozambique refused to unload a ship loaded with AK-47 machine gun bullets, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades sold by China to Zimbabwe.

Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2008 – June – 12 2008