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ILWU frustrated by shippers’ finger-pointing-ILWU Local 23 President Surprised Bosses Are Attacking Workers “We used to work together for mutual benefit. They don’t appear to be interested in doing that anymore. Now, it appears to be only about control.”

http://www.thestand.org/2014/12/ilwu-frustrated-at-shippers-finger-point...

ILWU frustrated by shippers’ finger-pointing

David Groves
By DAVID GROVES
The Stand

12/12 ILWU APRI Seattle Benefit To Fight Colombian Union Member Murders

12/13 Berkeley Forum-The 1984 Anti-Apartheid Longshore Boycott

Saturday, December 13, 2014 - 7pm
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, California 94705

Speakers:

Jack Heyman, boycott support organizer, later ILWU Local 10 Exec. Board member (retired)

Howard Keylor, co-leader of boycott, longtime ILWU Local 10 Exec. Board member (retired)

For eleven days in November-December 1984, a ship full of cargo from South Africa sat and rusted in San Francisco harbor as 300 longshoremen refused to touch the apartheid freight on board.

Are West Coast longshoremen spoiling Christmas?
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/are-west-coast-longshoremen-spoili...
By MIKE ELK 12/8/14 4:01 PM EST
There’s trouble a-brewin’ in Santa’s supply chain.

Idle SF terminal could start handling ore for ILWU jobs — but no fossil fuels
http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/idle-sf-terminal-could-start-hand...
December 07, 2014News » Neighborhoods
Idle SF terminal could start handling ore — but no fossil fuels
By Chris Roberts @Cbloggy