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ILWU LOCKOUT--Come to the ports!!

by Larry Shaw (larry [at] solddowntheriver.org)
The westcoast dockworkers have been LOCKED OUT! The ILWU requests that supporters get down to the Oakland docks immediately. Please go to the Maersk/Sealand terminal OR to the Seafarer's Hall near the Matson terminal (from SF, go over the Bay Bridge, take the Maritime exit, take a right at 7th St, and go to the end of 7th (4001 7th)). We will convene an emergency meeting of the Portworkers' Solidarity Committe in the next day or so after we have figured out more details.
-sue sandlin
co-chair, Portworkers' Solidarity Committee
PMA REJECTS TECH AGREEMENT--CLOSES WEST COAST PORTS

To divert attention from its rejection of the ILWU's reasonable technology proposal, the PMA announced today it will shut down all West Coast ports with false claims of union slowdowns.

The PMA walked out of negotiations this afternoon after its CEO Joseph Miniace launched into a tirade, ttacking the union as an institution and saying he doesn't want to deal with it anymore.

"Miniace showed the same disrespect for the union he has since the beginning of these talks," ILWU International President James Spinosa said. "He is unilaterally taking the action of closing all ports and bears full responsibility for its effects on the American economy."

The PMA implemented the lockout even though the union made expansive proposals for new computer technology the employers have been saying for three years was their top priority. But PMA refuses to guarantee that the remaining jobs and all the new jobs created by the new technology will be ILWU jobs.

"PMA's slanderous allegations of slowdowns during the biggest speedup in ILWU history that coincides with a record number of on-the-job deaths is literally adding insult to injury and making any progress toward a contract more difficult," Spinosa said. "Still the ILWU is prepared to go back to the table and seek a negotiated settlement."

Contact: Sue Sandlin 695-7992
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