Labor Support The Longest Walk 2

Passed by:
Local 6 International Longshore and Warehouse Union
Inland Boatmen's Union- San Francisco Region
Northern California District Council - International Longshore and Warehouse Union

FOR ENDORSEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR THE LONGEST WALK 2
SUBMITTED BY: Pedro de Sa, Book #31485

WHEREAS, In 1978, in response to legislative bills in Congress that would have abrogated Native Treaties that protect remaining Native sovereignty, Native American activists and supporters marched 3,600 miles from California to Washington, D.C in a extraordinarily successful grassroots effort that defeated said bills and

WHEREAS, In February 2008, in celebration of the 30 years of the first Longest Walk, Native American activists plan on recreating the feat, this time under the banner All Life is Sacred, Save Mother Earth – Protect Sacred Sites and

WHEREAS, During the recent struggle of our ILWU brothers and sisters of the Inland Boatmen's Union with union-busting company Hornblower, the International Indian Treaty Council requested that those gathered for the pre-dawn ceremony did not cross the picket line and

WHEREAS, Solidarity is a two-way street and

WHEREAS, In 1978 the ILWU was one of the unions that came out in strong support of the Longest Walk, and that is still remembered today and

WHEREAS, We recognize that the issue of Sacred Sites is an issue of freedom of religion and therefore must be defended and that all treaties dealing with the sovereignty of Indian Nations must be respected; then let it be

RESOLVED, that the ILWU Local 6 endorses the Longest Walk 2 effort and, let it be further

RESOLVED, that the ILWU Local 6 endorses the creation of a Bay Area Labor contingent to march in solidarity with the longest walk on February 11th, 2008, the kick-off day for the walk.