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[John Hadder]

ILWU Coast Longshore Caucus Calls for
May Day Work Stoppages Against the War
by Bob McEllrath, International President, ILWU

FOR WORKERS' ACTION TO STOP THE WAR
WHEREAS: On May 1, 2003, at the ILWU Convention in San Francisco resolutions were passed calling for an end to the war and occupation in Iraq; and
WHEREAS: ILWU took the lead among labor unions in opposing this bloody war and occupation for imperial domination; and
WHEREAS: Many unions and the overwhelming majority of the American people now oppose this bipartisan and unjustifiable war in Iraq and Afghanistan but the two major political parties, Democrats and Republicans continue to fund the war; and
WHEREAS: Millions worldwide have marched and demonstrated against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but have been unable to stop the wars; and
WHEREAS: ILWU's historic dock actions,
1) like the refusal of Local 10 longshoremen to load bombs for the military dictatorship in Chile in 1978 and military cargo to the Salvadoran military dictatorship in 1981 and
2) the honoring of the teachers' union antiwar picket May 19, 2007 against SSA in the port of Oakland stand as a limited but shining example of how to oppose these wars; and
WHEREAS: The spread of war in the Middle East is threatened with U. S. air strikes in Iran or possible military intervention in Syria or the destabilized Pakistan;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
That it is time to take labor's protest to a more powerful level of struggle by calling on unions and working people in the U. S. and internationally to mobilize for a "No Peace No Work Holiday" May 1, 2008 for 8 hours to demand an immediate end to the war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan and the withdrawal of U. S. troops from the Middle East; and
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED:
That a clarion call from the ILWU be sent with an urgent appeal for unity of action to the AFL-CIO, the Change to Win Coalition and all of the international labor organizations to which we are affiliated to bring an end to this bloody war once and for all.
Submitted by:
ILWU Local 10
passed overwhelmingly after thorough debate

Here in Reno, the Ad Hoc May Day Committee is holding a public demonstration of  SOLIDARITY with the warehouse and dockworkers who are risking their livelihood to stop this war.  With a few honorable exceptions, none of the so-called “friends of the workers”  in Congress have stood up to the Bush Regime, or used the legislature’s power of the purse to force the issue.  It is up to the workers themselves  to end the war and occupation through our own direct action.

END THE OCCUPATION, MIDDLE EAST LABOR WILL SOLVE ITS OWN PROBLEMS!

NO DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY THE PORT AUTHORITY AGAINST ANTIWAR STRIKERS!

NO FUNDING OF THE BUSH REGIME’S WAR BY CONGRESS!

IMPEACH AND TRY BUSH AND CHENEY FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS!




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