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International Day Of Action Defend ILWU-Stop Mitsui Union Busting

ilwu_local_4_picket_united_grain.jpg
Date:
Friday, March 15, 2013
Time:
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Event Type:
Protest
Organizer/Author:
Transport Workers Solidarity Committee
Location Details:
1 Mongomery/Market St.
San Francisco

DEFEND ILWU !
International Day Of Action March 15, 2013
Stop Mitsui Union Busting and Concessionary Contracts
Fight the Lockout of ILWU by United Grain in the Port of Vancouver, Washington

Protest Rally: Fri. March 15, 4:30PM @ 50 California St., SF

On March 15, 2013 there will be international actions and protests against the union busting lockout of ILWU Local 4 members by the Mitsui-owned company United Grain in the Port Of Vancouver, Washington.

Since the concessionary contract at EGT in Longview, Washington, other grain handlers have imposed a similar contract in NW grain ports after longshore workers voted 94% to reject it. The contract eliminated the union hiring hall, imposed a 12 hour day and allowed the replacement of union members if they stopped work for health and safety reasons. The other anti-union grain monopoly Cargill/Temco signed a separate agreement which includes many of these draconian measures which is being heralded by union officials as a “victory” because, they say, Cargill is American-owned. Longshore workers in Portland, the West Coast’s largest grain port, voted that concessionary contract down.

Already there have been fires and dangerous accidents working under these contracts.
Mitsui-owned United Grain locked out the ILWU members and have brought in scabs who have been training for many months to bust the ILWU. This attack on the union hiring hall, a key victory of the 1934 West Coast Maritime strike, is a major defeat for members of the ILWU and all workers whether in unions or not. This also whets the appetite of all maritime bosses who are want to impose EGT-type concessions in 2014 when the West Coast longshore contract expires.

The ILWU International leadership, using racist, flag-waving nationalism, is attacking Japanese capitalist bosses like they did during the lockout of ILWU Local 30 miners who were locked out in Boron, California by British-based Rio Tinto. This is a reactionary diversion. Only international labor solidarity actions can beat these union busters. Many companies are global. Whether British-owned company, Japanese-owned or American-owned, these companies are intent on destroying union labor here and around the world.

The ILWU Local 8 Executive Board in Portland and Japanese Doro-Chiba railway union have taken the initiative to call for action against Mitsui in solidarity with ILWU grain workers. The Transport Workers Solidarity Committee (TWSC) is supporting this International Day of Action.

Join us on Friday March 15th at 4:30 PM at 50 California in San Francisco at the headquarters of Mitsui in California. Let them know: Union busting is disgusting!
For more information go to http://www.transportworkers.org Or call 510-501-7080


Added to the calendar on Tue, Mar 12, 2013 11:03AM
§International Day Of Action
by Transport Workers Solidarity Committee
Call For International Day Of Action Against Union Busting By Mitsui United Grain and their attack on ILWU NW grain longshore workers.
§ADDRESS CLARIFICATION: 1 Montgomery, NOT 50 California
by Longshoreman's Daughter
The address where the rally is taking place is 1 Mongomery Street at Market Street as stated under location above, not 50 California Street as stated in the text.

See: http://www.transportworkers.org/node/364
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