ILWU Local 10 endorses May Day -- El Gran Paro II

MAY DAY, 2007

WORKERS AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS RESOLUTION

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.

February 13, 2007