1,200 union members marched along the Embarcadero Saturday December 9 to Pier 33 to demand Hornblower rehire the fired union workers on the Alcatraz Ferry. Local 10 called a stopwork meeting in solidarity with our sister local IBU and the MMP whose members are fighting for their jobs on the ferry run. The ports of San Francisco and Oakland were shutdown as we held a brief memorial at our Bloody Thursday sidewalk mural to the labor martyrs who were killed by police in the Big Strike of '34. Once again we are faced with an aggressive nonunion waterfront employer. We were marching to keep our waterfront solidly union, so that these brothers did not die in vain.

Nearly 200 Local 10 longshore workers, As, B's and casuals, began our march along the Embarcadero led by Josh Williams and the Drill Team, We were joined by another group of 1,000 workers who had marched to Pier 33 from Harry Bridges Plaza. All maritime unions were represented and nearly 50 unions in all participated in the mass rally.

Despite the weather forecast for rain the spirit of the trade unionists was not dampened. They heard speeches from rank-and-file activists and officers of ILWU locals 10, 34, IBU, and 6 as well as Art Pulaski, head of the California AFL-CIO, and Chuck Mack, International Vice President of the Teamsters. News media, TV, newspapers and radio, covered this watershed labor event.

Local 10 members can be proud that our union took the lead in mobilizing labor to keep the waterfront 100% union. We put into action our slogan "An injury to one is an injury to all." If a nonunion bottomfeeding ouff it like Hornblower can be allowed to operate on the waterfront, then scab operations can spread. Pier 35, our passenger terminal, is just next door and Oakland is just across the bay. The struggle to keep the waterfront 100% union will be THE fight in the New Year. A victory for the IBU and MMP is a victory for all unions! Unify of action will win!

Jack Heyman #8780, Mike Villeggiante #8997, Joe Diaz #6687, Clarence Thomas #8718