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by Chrys
Monday, Sep. 29, 2014 at 11:59 PM
Peace activists at work: "Longshoremen and Clerks trying to report to work were threatened physically"
At 6:00 PM Saturday, ILWU Local 10 and 34 represented longshoremen and clerks dispatched to work the vessel ZIM Shanghai at SSA’s Oakland California Terminal were met with hostile demonstrators, effectively blocking all access to the terminal. Longshoremen and Clerks trying to report to work were threatened physically at some points of ingress and their personal vehicles were physically blocked. As such, all personnel stood-by outside of the demonstration perimeters for health and safety purposes. At approximately 8 PM SSA released all personnel from work.
As far as the union can ascertain, the protests are organized by a coalition of individuals and organizations that plan events and create action alerts under the name of “Block the Boat for Gaza” online.
The ILWU is not among the groups organizing the protests, and the leadership and membership of the ILWU have taken no position on the Israel/Gaza conflict.
ILWU Coast Longshore Division news release: Saturday, September 27, 2014
Contacts:
Jennifer Sargent, 503-703-2933
Craig Merrilees, 510-774-5325
proisraelbaybloggers.blogspot.com/2014/09/threatening-doc...
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