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For a REAL International Workers May Day

by John Reimann
This May Day, ILWU Local 10 will be leading a march in San Francisco. But to be really serious, the unions must break with the corporate-controlled Democratic Party as well as really fight for their members on the job.
May Day is International Workers’ Day, and ILWU Local 10 will be leading a march in recognition of this day in San Francisco. This is the second year that Local 10 led a May Day event in this area, and like last year it the central theme was a protest against the wave of racism and violence of the police. But what has been accomplished? Since last May Day in SF alone the police killed Mario Woods and Luis Gongora. They brutally beat car theft suspect Stanislov Petrov, as he lay helpless on the ground (thus proving that while racism is a major factor, it’s not the only one). How many other such cases exist we will never know, since the only reason Petrov’s assault came to light is that it happened to have been caught on a security camera.

Local 10 Work Stoppage

By using a contract clause to call their members off the job this May Day, Local 10 is raising the specter of a general political work stoppage. (In fact, Local 10 is going one step beyond that clause by not seeking the “agreement” of the employer. Good for them.) Equally important, they are helping draw attention to the issue of police abuse and police racism.

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