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April 23, 2015

California: Union to Shut Down Ports to Protest Police Brutality 
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In California, the local chapter of the International Longshore and
Warehouse Union has vowed to shut down ports on May 1 in a historic
protest against police brutality. In a statement, the union said, "It is
fitting that on May Day, International Workers Day, Bay Area ports will
be shut down to protest the racist police killing of mainly black and
brown people." It's the first time a union has taken such action. In
2008, the same union chapter shut down Pacific Coast ports to demand an
end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

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