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DESCRIPTION:Since the 9/11 terrorist attack the U.S. government has been using an 
 “iron heel” against labor unions:  passing the Patriot Act; firing 
 foreign-born airport baggage screeners; unionbusting 170,000 federal 
 workers  in the newly-formed Department of Homeland Security; and in 2002, 
 threatening to occupy the docks with  troops during the West Coast 
 longshore contract negotiations.   Even before the 9/11 attack, workers, 
 especially in the South, have borne the brunt of state repression.   Four 
 years ago, portworkers in Charleston,  South Carolina, picketing to defend 
 their jobs, were attacked by hundreds of riot-equipped state police.  Five 
 were arrested. Known as the Charleston Five, their case, which ultimately 
 was victorious, became a rallying  cry for the U.S. labor movement. Now 
 port workers have become a key target in the so-called “war on terror”  
 which is really a war on workers.   Last April 7, riot-clad police in the 
 port of Oakland not only attacked antiwar protesters but shot longshoremen, 
 honoring their picket line, as well. Unions can and must fight back to 
 defend workers’ rights and democratic rights for all.  Speakers Include:  
   Speakers:  • Leonard Riley, Charleston longshore, ILA Local 1422  • 
 Lawrence Thibeaux, San Francisco ILWU Local 10, Legislative rep   • Ray 
 Familathe, ILWU Local 13, former ILWU International Director  • Jack 
 Heyman, San Francisco ILWU Local 10 Business Agent  Sponsored by the 
 Committee to Defend ILWU Local 10 Business Agent Jack Heyman. For more 
 information on this Labor Forum or the Defense Campaign.  Call 415-273-1649 
 or visit http://www.defendilwuba.org  Posted by a Wobbly in Solidarity 
 (http://www.iww.org). \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/30003.php
SUMMARY:Labor Forum - The Union Fight Against War and Repression
LOCATION:ILWU Local 10  Henry Schmidt Room  400 North Point/Mason St.  San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/30003.php
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