8/2 Solidarity Picket Of Israel Zim Ship In Oakland

8/2 Solidarity Picket Of Israel Zim Ship In Oakland
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In Solidarity with Palestinians, especially those beseiged and bombarded in Gaza, we will block 2 Israeli ZIM Ships from docking and unloading at the Port of Oakland like we did in 2010.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Hundreds-in-Oakland-protest-Gaza-b...

The Palestinian people are under attack from the state of Israel. Palestinian children are being murdered, their hospitals are being bombed, and Palestinian workers are being fired, beaten, arrested, and killed for striking in response. We call on a broad coalition of Pro-Palestinian labor, human rights, and anti-war organizations to join us for direct actions and pickets against the Israeli Shipping company ZIM!

To help Organize the actions email: blocktheboat@riseup.net
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The Plan for August 2nd:

-Meet at West Oakland BART at 5 AM where we will march to SSA Berth 57 of the Port at 5:10 SHARP!

-If you can't make the 5 am shift show meet at Berth 57 ASAP where we will be picketing all day!
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Shuttles will be provided back and forth from the West Oakland Bart to the SSA Terminal.

There is no parking at the port! If driving, you can park at West Oakland BART for free, and/or shuttle folks to the port!

Bring food, water, layers, comfortable shoes, and picket signs!
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#BlockTheBoat and #PicketForPalestine to spread the word!

Also #SF2Palestine and #Youth4Palestine to connect to local networks

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Fellow trade unionists,

We have already passed the 100 mark for initial signers to the Labor for Palestine statement (below), and more endorsements continue to roll in.

To accommodate this growing number, additional initial endorsements will be accepted until 9 pm tonight, July 25. (Subsequent endorsements will be added after the statement is posted at Change.org.)

Please forward this message privately to others who may be interested, but please do not yet post publicly.

Endorsers should email their name, labor affiliation/organization (including local number, if any), union position (if any), and location to laborforpalestine.us@gmail.com

Thanks for taking a stand.

Michael Letwin
Former President, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW L. 2325; co-founder, Labor for Palestine, Jews for Palestinian Right of Return, NYC Labor Against the War; USACBI

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Trade Unionist Call:
Stop the War on Gaza: No Arms for Apartheid Israel -- Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions!
Labor for Palestine (U.S.), July XX, 2014

“For the sake of the hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent.”
Beyond Vietnam, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., April 4, 1967

"We call on the UN and governments across the world to take immediate steps to implement a comprehensive and legally binding military embargo on Israel, similar to that imposed on South Africa during apartheid."
Palestinian Trade Unions and Civil Society, Stop Arming Israel, July 20, 2014

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As workers and trade unionists, we join with Palestinian trade unions, the South African Congress of Trade Unions, Unite (UK/Ireland), and labor organizations around the world to urgently condemn Israel's barbaric war on Gaza, which has taken thousands of lives since 2006, including many hundreds in recent days.

With them, we stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people against more than a century of Zionist colonialism, dispossession, ethnic cleaning, racism, apartheid and genocide.

With them, we support Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), which demands an end to Israeli military occupation of the 1967 territories; full equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel; and the right of return for Palestinian refugees, as affirmed by UN resolution 194.

Therefore:

• We call on the US government and its allies to end all aid to Israel.

• We call on workers to emulate dockers in South Africa, India, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, the US west coast, and elsewhere, by refusing to handle military or any other cargo destined for Israel.

• We call on labor bodies to divest from Israel Bonds, and cut ties with the Histadrut, Israel's racist labor federation. (See model resolution, below)

Labor for Palestine (U.S.)
laborforpalestine.net

Initial Signers (affiliation shown for identification only)

Monadel Herzallah, former member, Arab American Union Members Council, San Francisco, CA; co-founder, Labor for Palestine
Michael Letwin, former President, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW L. 2325; co-founder, Labor for Palestine, Jews for Palestinian Right of Return, NYC Labor Against the War; USACBI
Larry Adams, former President, NPMHU L. 300; co-founder, NYC Labor Against the War; People’s Organization for Progress
Brenda Stokely, former President, AFSCME DC 1707; co-founder, NYC Labor Against the War; Co-Chair, Million Worker March Movement
Judith Ackerman, 1199SEIU, AFT, UFT, AFTRA, SAG, New York NY
Joseph Agonito, former President, L. 1845-NYSUT, AFT
Faiz Ahmed, Chairperson/président Canadian Union of Public Employees, L. 3903 - http://3903.cupe.ca
Anthony Arnove, National Writers Union/UAW L. 1981, Brooklyn NY
Dave Bleakney, National Union Representative, CUPW, Ottowa
Gene Bruskin, founder, US Labor Against the War
Alexandra Bradbury, co-editor, Labor Notes
Richard Deaton, Ph.D., LL.B., Asst. Director of Research, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)(retired)
Prof. Patrick J. Finn, Ph. D., United University Professionals, State University of New York at Buffalo
Prof. Mary E. Finn, Ph. D., United University Professionals, State University of New York at Buffalo
Prof. Manzar Foroohar, former Chapter President, California Faculty Association-Cal Poly
Sheena Foster, Global Labour University Alumni
Carol Gay, President, NJ State Industrial Union Council
Carl Gentile, National Representative, American Federation of Government Employees (AFL-CIO)
Mike Gimbel, Chairperson, Labor/Community Unity Committee, L. 375, AFSCME
Marty Goodman, former Executive Board member, Transport Workers Union L. 100
David Heap, University of Western Ontario Faculty Association
Stanley Heller, 40-year AFT member, West Haven, CT, now AFT 933 (retired)
Michael Hirsch, National Writers Union/UAW L. 1981
Jim Holstun, UUP Buffalo Center Chapter, NYSUT, AFT
Cherrene Horazuk, President, AFSCME L. 3800
Jonathan House, President (1979-1981), Executive Director (1982-1989), Committee of Interns and Residents, SEIU
Joe Iosbaker, Executive Board, SEIU L. 73
James Jordan, National Co-Coordinator, Alliance for Global Justice
Dan Kaplan, Executive Secretary, AFT L. 1493, San Mateo Community College Federation of Teachers
Russell Kilday-Hicks, Vice President, California State Employees Association
Bud Korotzer, Shop Steward, AFSCME District Council 37, L. 371 (retired)
Francine Korotzer, Shop Steward, AFSCME District Council 37, L. 2054 (retired)
Zoe Lawlor, Unite Teacher, University of Limerick, Ireland
Howard Lenow, American Jews For A Just Peace, trade union lawyer
John McColgan, SENA 9158, United Steelworkers of America
Amir M. Maasoumi, former member, Federation des travailleurs du Quebec (FTQ)
Nathaniel Miller, Industrial Workers of the World
Marion Pollack, retiree, Vancouver BC
Peter Rachleff, Labor Educator; UALE
Mimi Rosenberg, ALAA/UAW L. 2325, Brooklyn NY
Keith Rosenthal, AFSCME L. 3650, Somerville MA
Christina Rousseau, CUPE 3903, Toronto ON
Keith Sadler, UAW L. 2, Toledo OH
Helen Scott, United Academics AAUP/AFT L. 4996, Burlington VT
Mary Scully, IUE-CWA L. 201 (retired)
Tyler Shipley, CUPE L. 3903; Toronto ON
Sid Shniad, former Research Director, Telecommunications Workers Union, Canada
Larry Smallwood, former Telecommunications Workers Union of Canada; Volunteer President L. 7; human rights officer; union activist for equity rights
Nancy Snyder, Recording Secretary Emeritus, SEIU L. 1021
Susan Stout, Unifor 2002, Canada (retired)
Peter Waterman, Researcher/writer on labour internationalisms; ABVA-KABO, The Hague, Netherlands
Nancy Welch, delegate, UVM United Academics AFT/AAUP

Additional Signers:

Tanya Akel, IBT L. 2010, AFT L. 1521
B. Ross Ashley, SEIU L. 204 (retired), Toronto ON
John Bail, National Director, Pacific Region Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Sarah Barker, Organiser, New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Julia Barnett, Steward, CUPS, L. 79
Bill Bateman, Coordinator, RI Unemployed Council, RI Campaign for Work & Wages
Richard Berg, Past President, IBT L. 743
Rebecca Bor, Chicago Teachers Union, AFT L. 1
Tibby Brooks, National Writers Union/UAW L. 1981
Gabriel Camacho, UNITE HERE L. 66L Cambridge MA
David Chavez, UAW L. 2865, UC Riverside
Len Cooper, Victorian Secretary, Communication Workers Union, Australia
Krista L. Cortes, Unit Chair, UAW L. 2865, UC Berkeley
Mike Cushman, Membership Secretary, London School of Economics, University and College Union branch (UCU)
Joe Davies, Organizer, Southern Local Government Officers Union, Christchurch NZ
Tim Dubnau, Organizing Coordinator, CWA District One
Shelley Ettinger, AFT L. 3882, NYC
Mark Evard, National Director, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Ottawa ON
Gord Fischer, National Director, CUPW Prairie Region, Winnipeg MB
Christine Geovanis National Writers Union/UAW L. 1981
Alborz Ghandehari, Recording Secretary, San Diego Unit, UAW L. 2865 (UC Student-Worker Union)
Ira Grupper, Delegate (retired), Greater Louisville (KY) Central Labor Council, BCTGM L. 16T
Fred Hirsch, Vice President, Plumbers and Fitters L. 393, San Jose CA
Alexandra Holmstrom-Smith, Chair, UCLA Unit, UAW L. 2865 (UC Student-Worker Union)
Evert Hoogers, National Union Rep., CUPW (retired)
Sean Howard, Shop Steward, IBT L. 559, Hartford CT
Janet Hudgins, CUPE (retired)
Malathi Iyenga, San Diego Unit Chair, UAW L. 2865
John Kirkland, Carpenters L. 1462, Bucks County PA
Dennis Kortheuer, California Faculty Association
Richard Koritz, Former President, NALC Branch 630, Greensboro NC
Dennis Kosuth, Shop Steward, Convention Delegate, National Nurses Organizing Committee, National Nurses United
Maureen McDermott, UFT, NYC
Henry Maar, Trustee, UAW L. 2865
Cindy McCallum Miller, President, Castlegar Local Canadian Union of Postal Workers, BC
Edward Miller, Strategic Adviser, FIRST Union, Auckland NZ
Gail Miller, UFT, NYC
Susan Olivia Morris, Alternate Vice President, ALAA/UAW 2325
Irene Morrison, Recording Secretary, UAW 2865, UC Riverside
Raquel Pacheco, UAW L. 2865, San Diego CA
Meredith Palmer, Head Steward, UAW L. 2865, UC Berkeley
Andre' Powell, AFSCME Delegate, Baltimore Central Labor Council
Croft Randle, Retired Local Officer and Provincial Representative, Telecommunications Workers Union, BC Canada
Gillian Russom, Board of Directors, United Teachers Los Angeles, AFT L. 1021
Carl Sack, AFT-3220, UW-Madison Teaching Assistants' Association
Lauren Schaeffer, Head Steward, UAW L. 2865, Los Angeles CA
Robert M. Schwartz, National Writers Union/UAW L. 1981, Boston MA
Ahmad Shirazi, Former Board Member, IATSE Local 700, NYC
Sid Shniad, Former Research Director, Telecommunications Workers Union, Vancouver BC
Jerry Silberman, Senior Staff Rep., Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals
Peter Spitzform, AFT/AAUP, University of Vermont
Rick Sullivan, BC Retired Teachers' Association, Parksville BC
Alice Sturm Sutter, NYSNA (retired), NYC
Steve Terry, ALAA/UAW L. 2325
Elizabeth Thornton, Head Steward, UCLA Unit, UAW L. 2865 (UC Student-Workers Union)
Joanne Tien, Head Steward, UAW L. 2865, Oakland CA.
Azalia Torres, Former Executive Board Member, ALAA/UAW L. 2325
Mike Treen, National Director, Unite Union NZ
Corey Uhl, IBT L. 79, Tampa FL
Unite Union NZ
Jaime Veve, Transport Workers Union L. 100, NYC (retired)
Sherry Wolf, CWA L. 1032
Cynthia Wright, CUPE 3903
Carol F. Yost, Organization of Staff Analysts, NYC (retired)

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Model Labor for Palestine Resolution: Trade Unionists Stand With Gaza

Whereas, Israel is committing yet another series of massacres in Gaza, many victims of which include workers, children, entire families the elderly, and the disabled; and

Whereas, Palestinian workers and their families continue to be killed and maimed by naval vessels, jet fighters, Apache helicopters, white phosphorous and other weapons supplied by the US and its allies; and

Whereas, Israel claims of "self-defense" are a thinly disguised pretext for more than a century of Zionist colonialism, dispossession, ethnic cleaning, racism, and genocide against the Palestinian people; and

Whereas, veteran South African freedom fighters have observed that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is “worse than apartheid”; and

Whereas, on July 12, 2014, Gaza civil society issued an urgent appeal for solidarity, calling for an arms embargo and full Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against apartheid Israel, which demands an end to Israeli military occupation of the 1967 territories; full equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel; and the right of return for Palestinian refugees, as affirmed by UN resolution 194; and

Whereas, on July 10, 2014, the Congress of South African Trade Unions denounced the latest Israeli massacres in Gaza, and called "on the international trade union movement, various civil society organisations, international religious bodies and even business to speak out against savagery and barbarism against fellow human beings"; and

Whereas, on July 11, 2014, Unite, the biggest union in the UK and Ireland, stated that it "unreservedly condemns the continuing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and calls for the military strikes and the military build up to be halted immediately," and reiterated its support for BDS; and

Whereas, the campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against apartheid Israel has been endorsed by numerous labor bodies around the world, including the trade union congresses of South Africa, Egypt, Brazil, Ireland, Scotland and the UK, and labor bodies in Australia, France, Canada, Norway, Catalunya, Italy, Spain and Turkey; and

Whereas, top U.S. labor officials nonetheless continues to invest billions of from union members’ pension funds in State of Israel Bonds, a pillar of apartheid that enjoys tax-exempt status from the U.S. government; and

Whereas, in opposing the Vietnam War, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. declared: “For the sake of the hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent"; and

Whereas, Nelson Mandela declared: "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians";

Therefore:

• We call on the US government and its allies to end all aid to Israel.

• We call on workers to emulate dockers in South Africa, India, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, the US west coast, and elsewhere, by refusing to handle military or any other cargo destined for Israel.

• We call on labor bodies to divest from Israel Bonds, and cut ties with the Histadrut, Israel's racist labor federation.

On Monday July 21st there was a General Strike in Israel protesting the bloody and violent occupation of Palestinian lands. We believe that the working class must take a stand to defend the human rights of Palestinians.

An Injury to One is An Injury to All!

Solidarity with Palestine!

Model Labor for Palestine Resolution: Trade Unionists Stand With Gaza

Whereas, Israel is committing yet another series of massacres in Gaza, many victims of which include workers, children, entire families the elderly, and the disabled; and

Whereas, Palestinian workers and their families continue to be killed and maimed by naval vessels, jet fighters, Apache helicopters, white phosphorous and other weapons supplied by the US and its allies; and

Whereas, Israel claims of "self-defense" are a thinly disguised pretext for more than a century of Zionist colonialism, dispossession, ethnic cleaning, racism, and genocide against the Palestinian people; and

Whereas, veteran South African freedom fighters have observed that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is “worse than apartheid”; and

Whereas, on July 12, 2014, Gaza civil society issued an urgent appeal for solidarity, calling for an arms embargo and full Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against apartheid Israel, which demands an end to Israeli military occupation of the 1967 territories; full equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel; and the right of return for Palestinian refugees, as affirmed by UN resolution 194; and

Whereas, on July 10, 2014, the Congress of South African Trade Unions denounced the latest Israeli massacres in Gaza, and called "on the international trade union movement, various civil society organisations, international religious bodies and even business to speak out against savagery and barbarism against fellow human beings"; and

Whereas, on July 11, 2014, Unite, the biggest union in the UK and Ireland, stated that it "unreservedly condemns the continuing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and calls for the military strikes and the military build up to be halted immediately," and reiterated its support for BDS; and

Whereas, the campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against apartheid Israel has been endorsed by numerous labor bodies around the world, including the trade union congresses of South Africa, Egypt, Brazil, Ireland, Scotland and the UK, and labor bodies in Australia, France, Canada, Norway, Catalunya, Italy, Spain and Turkey; and

Whereas, top U.S. labor officials nonetheless continues to invest billions of from union members’ pension funds in State of Israel Bonds, a pillar of apartheid that enjoys tax-exempt status from the U.S. government; and

Whereas, in opposing the Vietnam War, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. declared: “For the sake of the hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent"; and

Whereas, Nelson Mandela declared: "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians";

Therefore:

• We call on the US government and its allies to end all aid to Israel.

• We call on workers to emulate dockers in South Africa, India, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, the US west coast, and elsewhere, by refusing to handle military or any other cargo destined for Israel.

• We call on labor bodies to divest from Israel Bonds, and cut ties with the Histadrut, Israel's racist labor federation.