A-Infos (en) URGENT!!!! Tonight! May 11th COME to the LA HARBOR!!! (fwd)

[Steve O <intexile@bari.iww.org>]

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OK, here's the latest:  This ship is still in LA.  The earlies we'll
probably see it in Oakland is Wednesday.  Stay Alert however, things can
change rapidly.

Remember the message number is (510) 845-0540

-FW Steve x344543
Berkeley IWW / Branch Secretary Droid

Forest Workers Unite!  http://www.iww.org/iu120/local/



---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 16:40:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Anibel Comelo <acomelo@ucla.edu>
Subject: URGENT!!!! Tonight! May 11th COME to the LA HARBOR!!!

AUSTRALIAN SCAB-LOADED SHIP IS BACK!!!!  ALL Los Angeles UNION ACTIVISTS AND
SUPPORTERS URGENTLY NEEDED TONIGHT!!!!!!

The Columbus Canada will attempt to unlaod its SCAB CARGO at Matson Terminal
again this eveing.  

On Satruday, May 9th the Columbus Canada attemedpted to dock and unload.
More than 1,500 community leaders, concerned citizens, and workers rallied
in support of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and were successful in
stopping the unloading.

Then Matson decided to remove the ship from the dock and put it at anchor in
Long Beach.  The ship has been sitting idle since 6 am Saturday.  

It is due back TONIGHT!

**********4.30 pm - Monday May 11th  (Come anytime from 4.30 pm onwards!)
**********Terminal Island, Berth 208
**********Matson Terminals

Everybody is needed!  Please bring family, friends, neighbors and coworkers
- everybody counts!!!!

Take the Harbor Freeway exit going east onto Ocean Blvd (you will cross the 
Vincent Thomas Bridge), turn left (north) onto Henry Ford Ave and you will
come to New Dock Street.  The rally is at Matson Terminals, Terminal Island
Berth 208 which is at 1001 New Dock Street.  There is parking near by.  


Please forward this message to as many people as possible.  For more
information or if you would like to be faxed a map of the area, please call
Teresa at
310 831 2397.

 

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LA DOCKS SHUTDOWN IN SUPPORT OF AUSTRALIAN WHARFIES!

Saturday May 9, 1998
The Columbus Canada, loaded by Patrick Stevedore scabs in Australia,
arrived at Matson, Berth 208 Terminal Island in the Port of Los Angeles on
Saturday, May 9. Before the 8 A.M. shift began, ILWU Locals 13 and 63
longshore workers, themselves angry at Patrick's firing last month of all
its 1400 wharfies, members of the Maritime Union of Australia, refused to
cross a mass solidarity picket line of some 1,500 labor and harbor
community activists. 

The Australian dock strike nearly brought down the right-wing Howard
government which has vowed to break the MUA, one of the country's and the
worlds most militant unions. 

Dubbed the "War on the Waterfront" by the Australian
press, this labor battle is being won by the union through massive and
defiant picket lines supported by the entire labor movement. Last Wednesday
100,000 marched in support of the wharfies in Melbourne.  Scab-loaded
ships are just now beginning to arrive on the West Coast of North America. 

The Pacific Maritime Association, which represents stevedoring companies and
international shipping conglomerate on the West Coast has initiated an
arbitration hoping to force longshoremen to work the ship. Matson gates
have been locked and no cargo is being moved by trucks in or out of the
terminal. Demonstrators chanting "We support the MUA; No scab cargo in
L.A." and "MUA here to stay; No scab cargo in L.A." have effectively shut
dock operations down.

Blue Star, which owns the Columbus Canada, ANZDL, APL, Mediterranean
Shipping Lines and other shipowners have supported Patrick's union-busting
efforts by loading at their scab docks during the lockout. 

Supporters of the Australian wharfies in West Coast ports will be
demonstrating their
solidarity on the docks, as well. After L.A. the Columbus Canada, is due to
arrive in Oakland, where similar protests against the Neptune Jade occurred
last year in support of the Liverpool dockers. 



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