H/T Lew Waters
The International Longshoremen’s Association is condemning “attacks by the Police’ on union members.
The ILA Joins In Solidarity With ILWU And Condemns Attacks on Its President and Member-Protesters |
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9/8/2011 |
The International Longshoremen’s Association, AFL-CIO joins in solidarity with our Sisters and Brothers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in condemning the attack by police in riot gear on hundreds of ILWU member-protesters in Washington State and the detention of ILWU President Bob McEllrath.
ILWU President McEllrath and hundreds of his members were peacefully protesting at a railroad tracks yesterday, blocking a train carrying grain to a foreign-owned loading facility in Longview, Washington.
ILA President Harold Daggett pledged the ILA’s full support in this struggle.
“The ILA stands with ILWU and will offer any help it can to make certain ILWU members rights and jobs are protected,” added ILA President Daggett.
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