Subject: Re: AUT: Re: no war but the class war, again
From: "Dave Graham" <davgraham-AT-merseymail.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 15:56:21 +0100


Dear all
I've used the subject for a different thread to send this out but on
reflection it seem quite apt, for its probable that greg's report is out of
date and the issue is not technology but the war itself - depending on how
the Bush administration play this.

Gra

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Greg Dropkin" <gregd-AT-gn.apc.org>  
Subject :    [merseyactivist] US dockers locked out  
Date :    Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:55:08 +0100  
   
   
hi,
see www.labournet.net for the ongoing lockout of 10,000 ILWU dockers on the
US West Coast - which began Friday. Many of these people were at the
forefront of actions in solidarity during the Liverpool lockout. Donald
Rumsfeld (US Sec. of Defense) and Tom Ridge (Director of Homeland Security)
have been leaning on the ILWU all summer, claiming that a strike would
prejudice national security. This means the war is an issue in the dispute
- and at least in
Oakland (San Francisco) the ILWU local exec. has come out strong against
war. The lockout began when dockers decided to implement the safety code
and federal / state health & safety legislation to the letter. The main
issue in the dispute is new technology. It must be the most significant
industrial battle in the US now, and if the lockout continues the situation
will involve r&f teamsters (lorry drivers) as well as dockers in Australia
and most likely Japan.

also - photos from Sat. in London...

Greg


 






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