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DESCRIPTION:Lessons From the ILWU Battle Against EGT in Longview And the Struggle 
 Ahead\n\nSunday, July 29, 2012 - 7:00 PM\nFirst Unitarian Universalist 
 Church - Macondray Room\n1187 Franklin St./Geary St., San 
 Francisco\nDonations: $5-$10, Unemployed Free\n\nAn ongoing union-busting 
 drive is being waged against the ILWU, one of the most militant unions in 
 the United States, from Bush's invoking of Taft-Hartley during the 2002 
 lockout by PMA to Obama's sending an armed Coast Guard vessel to escort a 
 scab ship to the EGT dock in Longview, Washington.\n\nThe Occupy Wall 
 Street movement was instrumental in building solidarity for port truckers 
 and longshore workers during the Longview struggle. Shackled with a 
 concessionary EGT grain contract, the ILWU now faces negotiations for a 
 master grain agreement. The Northwest Grainhandler's Association has 
 notified the union that it is terminating its agreement. Will employers 
 demand the EGT contract? How will that impact the major container ports in 
 Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle and Tacoma?\n\nWhat are the lessons of the 
 recent ILWU struggles as well as the Boron miners Rio Tinto struggle? How 
 will this effect the organized labor movement in this country in the midst 
 of the worst capitalist economic crisis in decades?\n\nCome hear ILWU union 
 activists discuss the class struggle today.\n\nSPEAKERS:\n\nMike Fuqua, 
 ILWU Local 21 Longview*\nClarence Thomas, ILWU Local 10*\nHoward Keylor, 
 ILWU Local 10 retired\nJack Mulcahy, ILWU Local 8 Portland* invited\nJack 
 Heyman, ILWU Local 10 retired\nRobbie Donohoe, Occupy Oakland Labor 
 Solidarity Committee and IBEW Local 6*\nTova Fry, Occupy Oakland Labor 
 Solidarity Committee\n\n* for identification only\n\nSponsored by Transport 
 Workers Solidarity Committee\nwww.transportworkers.org\nFor information 
 call 510-501-7080\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/27/18718399.php
SUMMARY:Lessons From the ILWU Battle Against EGT in Longview And the Struggle Ahead
LOCATION:First Unitarian Universalist Church - Macondray Room\n1187 Franklin 
 St./Geary St., San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/27/18718399.php
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