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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 09:10 PM Original message |
Union Dispute Near Seattle Turns Violent and Idles Ports |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. About fucking time. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Everett longshoremen leave docks after dispute in Longview |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. great! was also great to see all those cargo ships laden w/ crap from China idling off the coast of |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Oh yeah I recall seeing quite a few in Commencement Bay |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I see James Hoffa, Jr. is going to be in Tacoma tomorrow |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. shut down the whole port to protest one company = thuggery |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Jesus wept. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. It's not an inter-union squabble -- it's a management union busting tactic |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. AP calls them hostage takers... |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 01:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. AP has the story wrong. No surprise. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. The sheriff retracted the "hostage" claim |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Which was the thrust of the article I posted as well. You should have posted that |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Sorry I meant to post to support your point... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I suggest you read some history |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. What's disgusting? Ignorant DU union-busting. Nice Republican "union thug" meme. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. As long as there are still a couple of decent posters such as yourself.. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. +1 |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
135. Why, thank you! :) |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
92. +1 |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
113. It came straight from Michelle Malkin's slimy lips |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. There are two sides in this war and you apparently are on the wrong side. nm |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Thuggery's asshole. People and business who are not part of this "inter-union squabble" |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Really? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. No more destructive than accept lower wages and fewer benefits or have your job sent to China. nt |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. +1000000000000 |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 01:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
85. It's called solidarity. I stand with the working class. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
93. It has apparently come to this according to richie rich who is standing on his piles of money. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. ... |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. this affects ALL workers; "normal" people owe lunch breaks, wages. pensions, to unions |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Hmm, union workers aren't "normal people" eh? |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. In the context of this struggle, you are little better than a scab. Hence, it's |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #31 |
86. Don't use ignore. |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. It's called getting the job done. |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
48. IMO They should shut down the entire fucking country |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #48 |
106. i agree, we need a general strike. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-11 03:00 AM Response to Reply #48 |
146. +1, Agreed & Well Said! |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
54. It has nothing to do with 'inter-union' squabble'. |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. Too bad. There is a real class warfare in this country and people have to pick a side. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
60. History of labor, I take it, ain't your strong point |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 07:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
91. You don't understand a thing about working class solidarity |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. Longview is "near" Portland Or (about an hour's drive), not Seattle (about 2.5 hours). |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. We think anything in the western part of our state is nearby |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. No we don't. Longview WA is *right on* the Columbia, across from Rainier Or. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Last I heard Longview was still in Washington state |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Who said it wasn't? I said it's right across the river from Oregon, not "near Seattle". |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You are acting territorial over prepostional choices |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Brother. I posted a simple correction to the story, and I have no idea why you felt compelled to |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I think the IUOE local in this case is from Portland |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Just where do you live that you can drive to L'vw in 30 min & Seattle in an hour? |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. From Longview to Tacoma the traffic moves fast |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. You can drive from Tacoma to L'vw in 30 minutes. Right, at 170 miles an hour. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. You know you are really bothered by this aren't you? |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. California or East Coast transplant. Yeah, there's only Seattle, the rest is flyover country. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. My family settled in Washington Territory in the 1880s |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Yeah, he probably did it in half an hour. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Now you are being a little creepy |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. it is also a fact that people in seattle claim to live near mt rainier |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. It may be that people outside the area only know what they read in the paper. |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. it is difficult to understand your persistence |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. It's very difficult for me to understand why you & your friend are so persistent in disputing the |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. near is a relative term. |
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Muskypundit (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:54 AM Response to Reply #61 |
77. Come on guys. Are you really having this fight? |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 01:01 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. No, I put him on ignore |
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Muskypundit (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 03:24 AM Response to Reply #78 |
88. Spokane. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Near Portland? |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. once i'm past ellensburg |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #96 |
136. Yakima |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #136 |
139. yakima! |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #88 |
133. LOL |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #78 |
114. Vancouver, B.C |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. once i'm past bellingham |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #116 |
120. lol |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #120 |
131. :D |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #77 |
82. The poster who is able to drive 97 miles in 30 minutes obviously lives in a different realm than |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #82 |
119. Hmm, Wikipedia has David McCloskey using Cascadia earlier |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #119 |
126. And the old Indian TB Hospital in Tacoma was renamed Cascadia 1959 |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. Didn't know that |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. Yeah, & it was used as the name for a town in the 1890s & lots of other things. So what? |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. i thought you said up-thread |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. At this point I am just trying to understand why someone new to DU |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #134 |
137. or maybe someone |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-11 02:51 AM Response to Reply #134 |
145. In point of fact I actually know what's going on here in Longview where I live |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #145 |
147. *we* think there might have been some ringers amongst those longshoremen from up north |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
65. i thought portland was in maine. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. bad baD! |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #65 |
84. Yeah, & it's more than double the size. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. I know Longview well. It's as gritty and blue-collar as they come. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Pictures from the Tacoma paper |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Thanks, those photos are great. |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
71. the photos are great. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Love that last shot! |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
45. Interesting touch, attaching the protest sign to a baseball bat. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
64. These guys know their labor history. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
138. Love the NO WISCONSIN HERE sign. For sure! |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. The ILWU has a contract, are they supposed to see it trashed? |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. "to staff the terminal. General Construction contracts with a different union." |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 02:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. The ILWU believes it has the right to work at the facility, both by tradition and under a lease |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. "Operating Engineers"! I should have guessed! |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. Int’l Transport Workers’ Federation condemns detention of ILWU president |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. It shouldn't be a crime to fight for jobs in this country |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I am surprised that on DU how many are so quick to blame the longshoremen |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 03:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
87. Wow. |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #87 |
107. officials certainly don't want our children knowing |
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TeamsterDem (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. The "violence" is that of the company, pitting worker against worker for wages. That's violent. nt |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
32. I hope this is prelude to a nationwide general strike. There are way |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 02:39 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. +1000 |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
43. LA TIMES: Longshoremen in Washington walk off the job |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
46. Ports in state brace for more action |
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LadyInAZ (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
47. wow... it only took us 2.5 years to act |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
55. Kick,kick,kick &recommended! |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
62. Seems like businesses in the US rarely honor contracts made with unions |
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Claudia Jones (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
75. no injuries, no arrests... |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #75 |
83. Zombie Reagan rules our world. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 06:47 AM Response to Reply #75 |
90. Think we have all Democrats on this anonymous website? |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #90 |
101. I don't care what you call yourself as long as you don't act like a Republican |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #90 |
140. Damn, I do hope that fumigation happens soon. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
81. This needs to happen nationwide. The time for sitting idly is over, ACTION is needed. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #81 |
97. Anything that is effective in defense of the working class |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
89. This looks a lot like many descriptions one reads in articles about |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #89 |
108. perhaps a better way to think of this event would be |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
95. Deleted message |
Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
98. Who would've thought the next riots would be coming from seattle?! n/t |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Are you trying to make that guy upthread go nuts again? |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Ooopsie. n/t |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. hey, you talking about me? |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. I am proud to be a union worker, activist, and defender |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. thank you generic. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
105. Bump. Because this is important |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
109. Another reason to praise the ILWU and why the uberclass hates them |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. To sum up: |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
111. But my PRIUS is coming through that port! SOLIDARITY (for everybody except autoworkers)!!!!! nt |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #111 |
112. Wouldn't solidarity for autoworkers mean buying an American car? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. You would think so, but (somehow) it's much more complicated than that... |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. Heh. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. Here's VIDEO of a large vehicle HITTING the strikers in August |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #118 |
122. Fuck the company, and fuck the scabs. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. Kinda explains the anger, no? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #123 |
130. Believe me, I fully understand union anger first-hand. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #130 |
141. I have been disheartened by all the vile comments I have seen posted |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #118 |
143. What's the dope on the driver of the car who rammed into |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. No charges no arrest nothing |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
121. Thank you for continuing to report on this |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. I feel angry that no one expresses outrage when the union is attacked |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. I agree with you |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #125 |
142. and i too stand with the ILWA and you and generic. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #124 |
127. Not everyone Generic |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-11 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
148. Waterfront Workers History Project Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies |
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