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Andrew Chirwa, of the South African Metalworkers Union NUMSA, speaks at ILWU 10

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Date:
Sunday, July 06, 2014
Time:
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
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Location Details:
Longshore Union
400 N. Point St./Mason, SF


HEAR ANDREW CHIRWA, PRES. OF SOUTH AFRICAN METALWORKERS SPEAK


10 AM Sat. July 5, Longshore Union
400 N. Point St./Mason, SF
“Bloody Thursday” Commemoration

7PM Sat. July 5, Ship Clerks Union
2 Berry St. SF by Pac Bell Stadium
Labor Fest film “Miners Shot Down”

2PM Sun. July 6 Longshore Union
400 N. Point St./Mason, SF
Andrew Chirwa, NUMSA Pres. Speaks


“Bloody Thursday” July 5 commemorates the police murder of maritime workers in the 1934 Big Strike which provoked the San Francisco General Strike. All U.S. West Coast ports are shutdown to honor the 6 labor martyrs killed during the strike.

In 2012, in Marikana, in South Africa, 34 striking miners were massacred by police. ILWU Local 10 sent a letter of protest to the ANC-led government. Andrew Chirwa, president of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the largest union in that country will address workers about the miners strike, the longest in South African history and the impending metalworkers’ strike.

On July 1 both the South African metalworkers union and the ILWU longshore contracts expire. NUMSA is preparing for a “full-blown strike” much like the maritime workers did in 1934.



Organized by the Transport Workers Solidarity Committee
Added to the calendar on Sun, Jun 29, 2014 2:49AM

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NUMSA president Andrew Chirwa had to cancel his visit due to the massive, militant strike by 220,000 NUMSA members going on right now. He plans to Skype in on Sunday instead, to explain the developments in South Africa.

ILWU members and retirees Larry Wright, Clarence Thomas and Jack Heyman will speak about ILWU's long history of solidarity with South African workers and the longshore union's contentious struggle today for a decent contract (which expired July 1) and ridding the ports of Vancouver and Portland of scabs doing longshore work while ILWU members are locked out.
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