LA Longshoremen Protest War ~ Long Beach
The dock workers of Los Angeles joined their brethren in other cities today to protest the ongoing war in Iraq. The LA Times reports:
Thousands of dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports, including Los Angeles and Long Beach, took the day off work today in what their union called a protest of the war in Iraq, effectively shutting down operations at the busy complexes.
The show of force by the union came two months before the contract expires between the dockworkers, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, and the Pacific Maritime Assn., which represents port operators and large shippers, many of them foreign-owned.
Photo, Port of Los Angeles by udannlin.
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