U.S. West Coast Dockworkers Stop Work in Protest of George Floyd Killing
The ILWU represents dockworkers primarily on the U.S. West Coast with approximately 40,000 members in 50 local unions in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii, as well as British Columbia, Canada.
“Our union has a long history of confronting racism on the job, in our communities and around the world,” said ILWU International President Willie Adams in a letter to ILWU Coast Longshore Division. “Today we’re joining millions of people who are demanding justice and fundamental change.”
The ILWU is joining other labor unions in calling for the immediate resignation of the president of the Minneapolis police union.
“There is no place in the Labor Movement for a leader who defends the act of depravity that result in the death of Mr. Floyd,” the letter stated.
The IWLU has also condemned all forms of racism, and states in no uncertain terms that Black Lives Matter.
The 8 minutes and 46 seconds is representative of the amount of time George Floyd was pinned to the ground by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020.
The stop work protest will take place Tuesday beginning at 9 a.m. pacific.
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