ILWU locals support national May Day actions for worker and immigrant rights
Longshore workers to stop work in 6 West Coast Ports May 1, 2007 -- joining
Great American Boycott II
On Tuesday, May 1, 2007 - in honor of International Workers Day - longshore
workers will stop work in the West Coast ports of Oakland, San Francisco,
Seattle, as well as Richmond, Benicia and Redwood City, California. These are
the workers, members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union, who
perform all the loading and unloading of containers and other cargo while
ships are in port. The action is in solidarity with national May Day actions
for immigrant and worker rights.
Resolutions passed by ILWU Local 10 in the S.F. Bay Area and by ILWU Local 19
in Seattle call for longshore workers to hold a "stop work meeting" on May Day
and "participate in the Great American Boycott II, in support of workers' and
immigrant rights" on that day. The National May 1st Movement for Worker and
Immigrant Rights has called for mass demonstrations and stay-aways in cities
across the country on May Day. The celebrated ILWU Local 10 Drill Team will
perform at May Day protests.
Resolution of International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 10 - Adopted
February 15, 2007, San Francisco, California. [This resolution was later
adopted by ILWU Local 19, the longshore local in Seattle, Washington.]
WHEREAS, Local 10 adopted a resolution for our April 2005 Longshore Caucus
reclaiming May Day (May 1st) which commemorates the struggle for the 8 (eight)
hour work day in the United States;
WHEREAS, Local 10 endorsed May 1st, 2006 and participated in the Great American
Boycott to protest the criminalization of immigrant workers by legislation such
as HR4437 and the Marine Transportation Security Acts criminal background
checks on dock workers;
WHEREAS, On May 1st, 2006, 90% of the container cargo at the Ports of Los
Angeles and Long Beach was halted as the result of immigrant truckers not going
to work;
WHEREAS, Agribusinesses such as Tyson Foods and Cargill closed down several of
their plants in anticipation of immigrant workers not going to work on May 1,
2006 in support of immigrant rights;
WHEREAS, Our own Harry Bridges, an Australian immigrant worker, faced four
prosecutions by the U.S. government, was wrongfully convicted, illegally
imprisoned, fraudulently stripped of his citizenship, and his attorneys sent to
jail for defending him;
WHEREAS, ILWU in 2008, will start very difficult contract negotiations with the
employer which requires we start to mobilize our members and build coalitions;
and
WHEREAS, Hornblower Cruises has yet to hire skilled and experienced ILWU and
other union ferry workers as well as to negotiate a fair contract;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the membership instruct Local 10's president to
convey our intentions of having our stop work meeting on Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
at 9 a.m. to Pacific Maritime Association;
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Local 10 participates in the Great
American Boycott II, in support of workers and immigrant rights, including the
workers of Hornblower Cruises, on May Day, 2007 and that the ILWU Local 10
Drill Team perform; and
THEREFORE BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be sent to all
ILWU locals, the International, and affiliated central labor councils.
- Adopted by International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 10,
February 15, 2007
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