Port Of Oakland Shutdown After Thousands March In Protest Of Gaza Genocide By US Supported Israel (LaborVideo)
Thousands of people including trade unionists joined the protest at the Port of Oakland on January 13 to protest the US supported Israeli genocide on the people of Gaza and the pogroms on the West Bank. ILWU Local 10 whose members work at the the port also took a vote at their union meeting to protest the attacks on Gaza by Israel and said they would not cross picket lines at the Port. The picket lines organized by AROC went up early in the morning at the port and the PMA port bosses decided as a result that no longshore workers would be requested to work the port on the 13th including a contract military ship that carried military cargo to Israel in the past.
Additional coverage:
Hundreds protest Gaza war at Oakland port (KTVU News)
Protesters shut down Port of Oakland, call for cease-fire in Gaza (SF Chronicle)
