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ILA Longshore Workers Strike, Win ILWU Support & the Connection with Palestine
The ILWU joined the ILA strikers in the East Coast and promised they would not work diverted cargo on the West Coast to support the strike. A rally for the ILA strikers and to support the labor boycott of Maersk military cargo to Israel took place on September 4th at the Maersk office in Emeryville and retired ILWU Local 10 member Jack Heyman reported on the struggles of the ILWU and ILA to connect their fights to the labor campaign to stop the US supported Israeli genocide
The ILA Longshore workers had a East & Gulf Coast strike for wages to keep up with inflation and also to defend against AI and robotics. They won support from the ILWU who said they would not work diverted cargo.
The strike ended after a wage agreement but without an agreement on AI and robotics and the
tentative agreement expires on January 15, 2025 and unless a new contract is negotiated they
will go back to their old wages.
Also there was a solidarity rally for the ILA the day after the strike ended at Maersk offices in
Emeryville, California next to Oakland which also raised the issue of labor action to stop the
genocide in Gaza, Palestine and the Middle East. Retired ILWU Local 10 longshore worker
Jack Heyman spoke about the connections and action by the ILWU to stop the Israeli Zim
line and the lessons of that struggle.
Additional Media:
Dock Workers: Block Military Cargo to Israel Against the Genocidal War on Palestinians in Gaza!
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/02/21/dock-workers-block-military-cargo-to-israel-against-the-genocidal-war-on-palestinians-in-gaza/?fbclid=IwAR2SwceZcD0CWLVaJjY_I5m6-SOXf-CgAu46IlFgTv5ULdwja6B-fXu3z4A
ILWU Bay Area Members Speak Out On Israeli ZIM Ship Volans, Palestinians, Israel & Picket In Oakland
https://youtu.be/bjVpd-E0SCo
Israeli ZIM Volans Blocked In Oakland As ILWU 10 Members Refuse To Cross Picket Line Of Hundreds
https://youtu.be/Aht5wKqCVA0
May 25th NCDC-ILWU Statement On Palestine
https://blocktheboat.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ILWU-Northern-California-Palestine.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0dB0rVYQaY-2mIFAFcfAE10GO3N0SLhZt35M65Wlf6R_sWRWVXLA4ENfA
International Dockworkers Council strongly condemns the massacre of civilians and children in Palestine.
http://www.idcdockworkers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/The-IDC-strongly-condemns-the-massacre-of-civilians-and-children-in-Palestine.-Unconditional-support-to-the-Palestinian-General-Strike.-.pdf
Israel Zim Line Hit With Pickets-ILWU 10 & 34 Workers Stand Against Israeli Apartheid
https://youtu.be/2Gp503j9WSk
Israeli Zim Ship Shanghai At Standstill In Oakland By ILWU Action & Picket LIne
https://youtu.be/Wy5JuSB-0O8
ILWU Rank and File Back Picket Of Zim ship Piraeus At Port Of Oakland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZK1hoSkR_c&feature=youtu.be
Mass March & Picket At Oakland Port To Stop Israel's Zim Line Ship Piraeus To Protest Crimes In Gaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcJHlnq4YIo
Danny Glover Joins ILWU 10 In Supporting Freedom For Mumia on February 16, 2023
https://youtu.be/j0qJX4zDf9s
ILUW 1984 San Francisco Local 10 & 34 Anti-Apartheid Action Against Racist South African Government
https://youtu.be/bv0sM07_Yw8
The Isreali Histadrut, The AFL-CIO, Zionism & Labor Imperialism With Carol Lang
https://youtu.be/aH2JslHpeZk
ILWU Struggles 1984-2010, The Struggle Continues
https://youtu.be/ABosvjawnj4
Bay Area Unions & Thousands Of Workers Rally & March For Palestine In Oakland
https://youtu.be/L9k79honqIA
The War On Palestinians & The US Labor Movement with NWU President Larry Goldbetter
https://youtu.be/j6hr4BtGTu8
Palestinian Trade Unions Call for an End to Arming Israel
https://merip.org/2023/10/palestinian-trade-unions-call-for-an-end-to-arming-israel/
The AFL-CIO, SF Labor Council, Zionism, Apartheid & Labor Imperialism With Jeff Blankfort
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww-11-2-23-the-afl-cio-racism-apartheid-zionism-giwusa-president-on-nambiagaza
UAW 2865 Calls On California Leaders To Demand. A Ceasefire And An End To The Occupation Of Palestine
https://uaw2865.org/uaw-2865-calls-on-california-leaders-to-demand-a-ceasefire-and-an-end-to-the-occupation-of-palestine/
Production of Labor Video Project
http://www.labormedia.net
The strike ended after a wage agreement but without an agreement on AI and robotics and the
tentative agreement expires on January 15, 2025 and unless a new contract is negotiated they
will go back to their old wages.
Also there was a solidarity rally for the ILA the day after the strike ended at Maersk offices in
Emeryville, California next to Oakland which also raised the issue of labor action to stop the
genocide in Gaza, Palestine and the Middle East. Retired ILWU Local 10 longshore worker
Jack Heyman spoke about the connections and action by the ILWU to stop the Israeli Zim
line and the lessons of that struggle.
Additional Media:
Dock Workers: Block Military Cargo to Israel Against the Genocidal War on Palestinians in Gaza!
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/02/21/dock-workers-block-military-cargo-to-israel-against-the-genocidal-war-on-palestinians-in-gaza/?fbclid=IwAR2SwceZcD0CWLVaJjY_I5m6-SOXf-CgAu46IlFgTv5ULdwja6B-fXu3z4A
ILWU Bay Area Members Speak Out On Israeli ZIM Ship Volans, Palestinians, Israel & Picket In Oakland
https://youtu.be/bjVpd-E0SCo
Israeli ZIM Volans Blocked In Oakland As ILWU 10 Members Refuse To Cross Picket Line Of Hundreds
https://youtu.be/Aht5wKqCVA0
May 25th NCDC-ILWU Statement On Palestine
https://blocktheboat.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ILWU-Northern-California-Palestine.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0dB0rVYQaY-2mIFAFcfAE10GO3N0SLhZt35M65Wlf6R_sWRWVXLA4ENfA
International Dockworkers Council strongly condemns the massacre of civilians and children in Palestine.
http://www.idcdockworkers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/The-IDC-strongly-condemns-the-massacre-of-civilians-and-children-in-Palestine.-Unconditional-support-to-the-Palestinian-General-Strike.-.pdf
Israel Zim Line Hit With Pickets-ILWU 10 & 34 Workers Stand Against Israeli Apartheid
https://youtu.be/2Gp503j9WSk
Israeli Zim Ship Shanghai At Standstill In Oakland By ILWU Action & Picket LIne
https://youtu.be/Wy5JuSB-0O8
ILWU Rank and File Back Picket Of Zim ship Piraeus At Port Of Oakland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZK1hoSkR_c&feature=youtu.be
Mass March & Picket At Oakland Port To Stop Israel's Zim Line Ship Piraeus To Protest Crimes In Gaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcJHlnq4YIo
Danny Glover Joins ILWU 10 In Supporting Freedom For Mumia on February 16, 2023
https://youtu.be/j0qJX4zDf9s
ILUW 1984 San Francisco Local 10 & 34 Anti-Apartheid Action Against Racist South African Government
https://youtu.be/bv0sM07_Yw8
The Isreali Histadrut, The AFL-CIO, Zionism & Labor Imperialism With Carol Lang
https://youtu.be/aH2JslHpeZk
ILWU Struggles 1984-2010, The Struggle Continues
https://youtu.be/ABosvjawnj4
Bay Area Unions & Thousands Of Workers Rally & March For Palestine In Oakland
https://youtu.be/L9k79honqIA
The War On Palestinians & The US Labor Movement with NWU President Larry Goldbetter
https://youtu.be/j6hr4BtGTu8
Palestinian Trade Unions Call for an End to Arming Israel
https://merip.org/2023/10/palestinian-trade-unions-call-for-an-end-to-arming-israel/
The AFL-CIO, SF Labor Council, Zionism, Apartheid & Labor Imperialism With Jeff Blankfort
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww-11-2-23-the-afl-cio-racism-apartheid-zionism-giwusa-president-on-nambiagaza
UAW 2865 Calls On California Leaders To Demand. A Ceasefire And An End To The Occupation Of Palestine
https://uaw2865.org/uaw-2865-calls-on-california-leaders-to-demand-a-ceasefire-and-an-end-to-the-occupation-of-palestine/
Production of Labor Video Project
http://www.labormedia.net
For more information:
https://youtu.be/QFL3ubwjWlg
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It is strange this fact seems to have gone unmentioned when it was highly controversial.
"September 25, 2024
ILA, the “I LOVE AMERICA” Union, will Maintain its Longstanding Pledge to Handle Military Cargo During Strike; Passenger Cruise Ships will also be Unaffected by October 1st Strike at Atlantic and Gulf Ports
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (September 25, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association’s 85,000 members will continue to honor its century-plus pledge to handle all military cargo, even if there is a coast wide strike beginning next Tuesday, October 1, 2024. The union will also continue to work passenger cruise vessels."
"September 25, 2024
ILA, the “I LOVE AMERICA” Union, will Maintain its Longstanding Pledge to Handle Military Cargo During Strike; Passenger Cruise Ships will also be Unaffected by October 1st Strike at Atlantic and Gulf Ports
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (September 25, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association’s 85,000 members will continue to honor its century-plus pledge to handle all military cargo, even if there is a coast wide strike beginning next Tuesday, October 1, 2024. The union will also continue to work passenger cruise vessels."
For more information:
https://ilaunion.org/ila-will-maintain-ple...
The ILA pro-genocide stance is mentioned in one of the attachments.
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/10/05/18869753.php#18869758
This mention is very much in passing & could have taken a more prominent place. The ILA has been a "patriotic" (pro-genocide) union for over a century. It is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, which routinely endorses Democrats for president, including this year.
More on the contemporary white-dominated u.s. labor movement: https://paper.wf/downas/law-enforcement-membership-in-major-u-s
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/10/05/18869753.php#18869758
This mention is very much in passing & could have taken a more prominent place. The ILA has been a "patriotic" (pro-genocide) union for over a century. It is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, which routinely endorses Democrats for president, including this year.
More on the contemporary white-dominated u.s. labor movement: https://paper.wf/downas/law-enforcement-membership-in-major-u-s
For more information:
https://ilaunion.org/ila-history/
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