Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 09:45:34 +1000
Subject: AUT: LL:ART:War on Wharfies 6 Sep update


>Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 14:24:30 +1000
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>From: takver-AT-onaustralia.com.au
>Subject: LL:ART:War on Wharfies 6 Sep update
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>Takver's Soapbox-War on the wharfies News
>http://members.xoom.com/Takver/wharfie/index.htm
>News Summary - Sunday 6 September
>
>Non-union loaded ship - "Ever Gloria" - headed for Australia
>
>Be prepared to organise community pickets in solidarity with
>Canadian unionists!
>The next major assault on waterfront workers appears to be Canada.
>Local 518 is being pushed off the docks via contracting out to
>non-union outfits. Presently headed for Australia is the ship
>"Ever Gloria". It is the first "hot" cargo ship to come out of this
>dispute. The ship was held up for 24 hours in Portland (due to a job
>action) then loaded and allowed to sail. The "Ever Gloria" is a
>Panama registered bulker owned by First Steamship of Taiwan.
>
>Thus far 28 ILWU members have been arrested for "illegal picketing".
>
>Many North American dockworkers, unionists, and community
>activists campaigned in solidarity with the Maritime Union in the recent
>
>dispute. The community picket in Los Angeles was highly effective in
>preventing Australian scab loaded cargo being unloaded from the
>Columbus Canada. Now it is our turn to demonstrate our solidarity!
>
>Source: Takver 6Sep98
>-------------------------------------------
>20 Canadian waterfront workers arrested
>
>Do Whatever It Takes To Help Our Canadian Brothers & Sisters Win
>This Fight!
>
>(Vancouver, British Columbia) ILWU Local 518, Samplers and Testers
>is under attack. For the last 27 years sampling and testing work
>performed on sulfur ships was done by ILWU Local 518.
>
>This all came to an end after Sultrans, a consortium of multi-national
>oil
>companies put the work out for bid. On Sunday , August 16 it was hello
>CertiSpec, a brand new non-union oufit, and good-bye ILWU. Last
>Tuesday (August 18), twelve, Local 518 members were arrested for
>"illegal" picketing. Yesterday (August 20) eight more went to jail. The
>union is demanding the work goes back to PKB Scania or SGS. Both are
>union companies that have traditionally done this work and have been in
>business for over 100 years.
>
>Short of this the union demands CertiSpec signs a union contract.
>Neither
>looks likely in the near future.
>
>Trials for the arrested unionists are scheduled for late October. All
>have
>been released on bail.
>
>The union sees this as a "first strike" by the employer in an effort to
>oust
>the ILWU altogether. The sampling and testing work is essential to the
>sulfur trade. If it is not done, the cargo cannot be sold.
>
>The Canadian longshore contract expires December 31, 1998. The
>employer is undoubtedly clearing the way to bring in non-union
>longshoremen at the end of the year. The Canadian Area ILWU has a
>number of future options planned (none of which they wish to reveal at
>this time) and the fight is on its way to going global.
>
>The ITF is targeting all ship coming out of Canada involved in this
>dispute. The "Ever Gloria" is scheduled to leave Vancouver and call at
>the port of Longview (Oregon) to load potash. No actions are planned
>but it's a safe bet Longview longshoremen, along with the rest of the
>ILWU aren't going to take this lying down.
>
>This is it brothers and sisters. The fight has gone from Liverpool and
>Australia to right next door! If you can't hear the war drums now YOUR
>DEAF! The employers don't give a damn about you, your family, how
>well you drive crane or anything else. They're out for blood in '99.
>It's
>the union that takes care of us. It always has and it aways will. AND WE
>
>ARE THE UNION! We need to realize this and prepare ourselves
>accordingly! Start saving some of your good union wages, attend your
>meetings and keep yourself informed about what is going on.
>
>In Short: ORGANIZE! Get Ready For 1999. DO WHATEVER IT
>TAKES TO HELP OUR CANADIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS WIN
>THIS FIGHT!
>
>For Further Information From The Waterfront Worker Contact
>rtmead-AT-labornet.org
>
>Source: A-INFOS 26Aug98
>--
>Takver
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