#ilwu — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/08/03/class-war-in-sugartown/

#Capitalism #CocaCola #Crocket #ILWU #labourmovement #solidarity #Sugar #unions

#Crockett10 face charges for supporting the #ILWU Local 6 C&H strike in #Crockett, California.
The refinery owned by ASR and the Fangul family who have contributed millions to Trump - they live next to in Florida. POTUS removed restrictions on the importation of sugar cane from the Dominican Republic which had been blocked because of the #slavelabor conditions on plantations that the Fangul family owns and controls.
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/08/21/18888137.php

#Crocket #ILWU #labourmovement #solidarity #unions

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/08/03/class-war-in-sugartown/

ILWU
https://www.ilwu.org/international-longshore-and-warehouse-union-local-6-and-ch-sugar-company-inc-take-steps-toward-resolving-the-parties-contract-negotiations/

Capitalism Fanjuls style
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2001/02/floridas-fanjuls-200102?

#ILWU #labourmovement #organize #solidarity #unions

#Palestine Youth Movement (PYM), identified shipments of parts manufactured by U.S. defense contractors for #F35 aircraft…including the BRU-68 bomb release system — a product that enables F-35s to release 2,000-pound bombs.

#Maersk’s shipping routes move military materials, #Oakland airport is one node in a larger commercial infrastructure serving the war effort.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/logistics-workers-public-airports-world-goods-weapons-oakland

#ILWU #LabourMovement #LogisticsWorkers #Militaryindustrialcomplex #Organize #Solidarity

The NDP leadership race just got a little more exciting.

Rob Ashton: "The federal NDP needs to build on what's already working."

#ndp #canpoli #cdnpoli #robashton #ilwu

#OTD @8 Dec 1962
San Francisco boycott of goods from apartheid South Africa.
Members of the local community set up a picket line at pier 19 when the Raki ship arrived, full of South African products including coffee, hemp and asbestos.
100 workers in Local 10 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) refused to cross picket.

https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/14704/san-francisco-dockers-apartheid-boycott

More:
https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Bay_Area_Longshore_Workers_Fought_Against_Apartheid

#Apartheid #Boycott #DockWorkers #ILWU #LabourMovement #Organize #Solidarity #workingclasshistory