Dock Workers Shut Down West Coast Ports To Protest War!

[Better Believe It]

Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic halted
By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer
May 1, 2008

LOS ANGELES - Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers stage daylong anti-war protests.

Pacific Maritime Association spokesman Steve Getzug says thousands of dockworkers did not show up to work Thursday morning, leaving ships and truck drivers idle at ports from Long Beach to Seattle.

The West Coast ports are the nation's principal gateway for cargo container traffic from the Far East.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_bi_ge/port_labo

[Hardrada]

1. It's going to take something like that and a more general strike

to end the war and the corporatist and necon stranglehold on our policies.

[Vincardog]

2. How about the truckers joining in?

[bdamomma]

4. great minds think alike.......

I mentioned the same thing also.

[havocmom]

3. Link: error page

?

Anybody have another link to this? Thinkin it might be a good day to bring some (California) wine up from the basement.

[countryjake]

5. Here's an update from our local Seattle station...

http://www.komotv.com/news/18436769.html


May Day - International Workers' Day!

No Peace - No Work!

Stop Work - Stop the Wars!

[ColbertWatcher]

6. Alternative Yahoo AP link

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_bi_ge/port_labor_7