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Global News - Federal board ordered to review, end B.C. port dispute

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Ludakris :oak_flag: · @9speederailleur
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Tomorrow is the birthday of Harry Bridges. Revolutionary union organizer, strike tactician, and founder of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

There's some good reading about him out there, but for brevity here's a Wikipedia link:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_

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BC Info Bot · @bcinfo
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Global News - B.C. port strike: Union caucus to meet Friday, reconsider sending deal to members for vote

#globalnews #BritishColumbia #news #internaitonallongshoreandwarehouseunion #bcmaritimeemployersassociation #collectiveagreement #ratificaitonvote #b #membershipvote #labourdispute #bcportstrike #portstrike #contract #economy #labour #bcmea #ilwu

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BC Info Bot · @bcinfo
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#globalnews #BritishColumbia #news #bcportstrikeupdatetoday #ilwucanadastrikeupdate #bcportworkersstrike #bcportstrikeupdate #portworkersstrike #ilwustrikeupdate #bcportstrike #ilwucanada #ilwustrike #portstrike #politics #economy #Canada #bcmea #ilwu

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John · @autogestion
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CBC - Renewed port workers' strike is illegal, says federal labour minister | CBC News

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International Longshore and Warehouse : says illegal

says union did not provide 72 hours' notice. Strike resumed after union rejected deal.

If and other were seen as rather than a matter of , this would not be a problem. But union activity has slowly been watered by decades of rule.

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Shades · @shades
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Dockworkers in Canada Have Shut Down the Country’s Critical West Coast Ports

by in :

"Through social labor, workers produce, store, and deliver the wealth of society — from food to fuel to various manufactured items — and keep society running. Indeed, as the BCMEA boasts on its own website, 'As much of our industry is built around metal and machines, the shipping business has always relied on people to keep the supply chain moving. And it’s this human side of the shipping business that we do best.'

"The outsize salaries enjoyed by management is derived from the labor of their essential workers. The profits are not generated through the owners’ own efforts, but rather through the implementation of speedups, wage cuts, and the exploitation of their staff."

jacobin.com/2023/07/dockworker

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John · @autogestion
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nupge.ca/2023/nupge-supports-i

Photo from the National Union of Public and General Employees, supporting the International Longshore Workers Union

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BC Info Bot · @bcinfo
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#globalnews #BritishColumbia #news #internationallongshoreandwarehouseunioncanada #bcmaritimeemployersassociation #portstrikedealproposal #portstrikedeal #seamuso #bcportstrike #portstrike #politics #bcstrike #mediator #economy #bcmea #ilwu

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Today in Labor History July 5, 1934: Two strikers were shot and killed and more than 100 were injured by San Francisco police in what came to be known as "Bloody Thursday," leading to one of the last General Strikes in U.S. history. The governor called in the National Guard to suppress the strike by the International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU). Police and Guard violence led to 43 injuries due to clubbing and gas, and 30 more for bullet wounds. Two chemical companies used the unrest as an opportunity to test and sell their wares. Joseph Roush, from Federal Laboratories, shot a long-range tear gas shell at the strikers. He then told his company, "I might mention that during one of the riots, I shot a long-range projectile into a group, a shell hitting one man and causing a fracture of the skull, from which he has since died. As he was a Communist, I have had no feeling in the matter and I am sorry that I did not get more."

Mike Quinn wrote about the strike in his 1949 book, “The Big Strike.” Quinn was a working-class journalist and novelist. He was an active member of the Communist Party and a writer for the ILWU.

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Global News - B.C. port workers bargaining talks resume Sunday morning

#globalnews #BritishColumbia #news #longshoreandwarehouseunioncanada #bcmaritimeemployersassociation #bcportworkersstrike #bcportworkers #PrinceRupert #portworkers #jobaction #Vancouver #bcstrike #economy #Canada #strike #ilwu

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christina d-h · @inquiline
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Looks like the minor striking by has maybe paid off:

"Although negotiations made initial progress, tensions heightened this spring resulting in minor disruptions at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The situation reached a critical point earlier this month when several West Coast container terminals experienced complete shutdowns"

gcaptain.com/tentative-deal-re

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#globalnews #BritishColumbia #news #internationallongshoreandwarehouseunioncanada #b #portlabourdispute #portofvancouver #labourdispute #portstrike #strikevote #jobaction #shipping #economy #labour #strike #ilwu #port

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#globalnews #BritishColumbia #news #internationallongshoreandwarehouseunioncanada #bcmaritimeemployersassociation #portworkerstrikevote #portofprincerupert #portworkersstrike #portofvancouver #Consumer #ilwu

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christina d-h · @inquiline
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Wow this is the first time I've seen the recent slowdowns at the Ports of LA/Long Beach actually called wildcat striking in (sorta trade) press:

lbbusinessjournal.com/ports/2-

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MikeDunnAuthor · @MikeDunnAuthor
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Solidarity with striking dockworkers!

Dockers refused to come to work on June 2, causing the complete shut down of the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Tacoma, Seattle and Hueneme. This came in the wake of insulting offers of a $1.56/hour wage increase by the Pacific Maritime Association.

#solidarity #strike #wages #longshore #docker #union #ilwu #workingclass #inflation

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MikeDunnAuthor · @MikeDunnAuthor
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Today in Labor History April 24, 1999: The International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union shut down all West Coast shipping in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #mumiaabujamal #prison #journalism #freespeech #police #union #solidarity #ilwu

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christina d-h · @inquiline
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#ilwu #ports #shipping #unions #losangeles #longbeach

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Learn more about leader Harry Bridges, in a talk Wednesday night at the UW:

zirk.us/@pnlha/110086743663357

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christina d-h · @inquiline
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@VickyACAB I *think* it's not a wildcat strike per se; it's a work stoppage that's allowed within the contract (now expired); but they normally don't stop work so it's kind of a strike lite (it's definitely meant to be interpreted as a threat to strike). If someone wants to correct me, I'm open! Something similar happened in 2020 when the shut down ports in solidarity with

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christina d-h · @inquiline
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West coast workers are withholding labor from the for the second day in a row; they've been working without a contract since June 2022, which is part of why more has been flowing to the east coast:

12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2F

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