South Africa RETUSA Dock Strikers & ILWU West Coast Longshore Workers Speak Out

In an international panel, South African striking dockers of the Revolutionary Transportation Union
of South Africa RETUSA and ILWU longshore workers talked about their joint struggles against privatization, contracting out and union busting in the Port of Oakland where billionaire GAP & A’s owner John Fisher wants to build a stadium and 3,000 luxury condos at Howard Terminal. RETUSA went out on a national strike against the State owned Transnet in early October but the strike was set back when one of the unions accepted a substandard contract that allowed for outsourcing and downsizing.

This panel took place on October 22, 2022

It was sponsored by WorkWeek

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For more information on RETUSA
https://www.facebook.com/UNIONRETUSA/

retusaunion [at] telkomsa.net, dube.jv [at] retusa-union.org josph.jd [at] gmail.com
Contributions
Bank address: Standard Bank Centre, 1 Kingsmead Way, Old Fort, Durban, 4001, South Africa
SWIFT code is SBZAZAJJ
Union physical address is Metlife Building, 391 Anton Lembede street, 14th Floor, Office number 14-A01, Durban 4001.
Account name: Revolutionary Transport Union of South Africa
Bank name: Standard Bank of South Africa
Account number: 050 722 549
Branch code: 051001
Branch name: Kingsmead, Durban
Swift code: SBZA ZA JJ

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