South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council backs ILWU May Day action in West Coast
ports
Whereas, the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council has a longstanding position
calling for an immediate end to the US war and occupation in Iraq; therefore
be it
Resolved, that the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council supports the decision of
the Longshore Caucus of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU)
to stop work for 8 hours on Thursday, May 1, 2008 -- International Workers
Day -- at all West Coast ports, to demand "an immediate end to the war and
occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan and the withdrawal of US troops from the
Middle East." The Council supports the decision of Branch 214 of the
National Association of Letter Carriers to observe 2 minutes of silence in
all carrier stations at 8:15 a.m. on May 1st, in solidarity with the ILWU
action and to express their opposition to the war in Iraq; and be it further
Resolved, that the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council encourages other unions
to follow ILWU's call for a 'No Peace-No Work Holiday' or other labor
actions on May Day, to express their opposition to the US wars and
occupations in the Middle East; and be it finally
Resolved, that the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council send a letter of
congratulations to ILWU President Bob McEllrath for his union's bold
initiative to use the occasion of International Workers Day to stop work to
stop the war.
-- Resolution adopted by the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council, April 21,
2008, by unanimous vote.