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East Bay | Labor & WorkersPort Of Oakland Labor/Community Mass Picket Stops Loading Of Israeli Zim Ship For 24 Hours
On June 20, 2010 a labor community picket prevented the loading and unloading for 24 hours of the Zim ship Shenzhen at the SSA terminal in the port of Oakland. This was first direct labor action in the United States in support of Palestinian workers and against the Israeli apartheid regime. Port Of Oakland Labor/Community Mass Picket Stops Loading Of Israeli Zim Ship For 24 Hours
http://blip.tv/file/3784127 On June 20, 2010, a labor and community picket line was put up at the SSA terminal at the port of Oakland to protest the Israeli Zim Shenzhen ship. The picket was called to protest the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the apartheid wall. The committee called the Labor/Community Committee in Solidarity with the People of Palestine brought hundreds to the picket line including many trade unionists. The Transport Workers Solidarity Committee TWSC http://www.transportworkers.org is working to support an international labor blockade of Israel. Dockworkers from Sweden and Norway will also be launching a labor boycott of all cargo and ships from Israel starting June 15, 2010. Production of Labor Video Project P.O. Box 720027, San Francisco, CA 94172 laborvideo.blip.tv http://www.laborvideo.org The TWSC is supporting the international labor boycott of cargo to and from Israel
The US is backing the Israeli regime and it's apartheid policies
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