working TV #136 March 12 1999 � Slim Evans 1999
Waterfront protest to
"Turn the tide
with union pride"
working TV #136, RT: 27:30 each,
March 19 1999
This week . . . a full length feature on the recent protest, led by rank and file dockworkers, which shut down the port of Vancouver for 8 hours.
February 2 1999: Portside Park, Vancouver waterfront.
Nearly 1200 members and supporters of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) rallied February 2 1999 at Portside Park in dowtown Vancouver.
They were protesting attempts by maritime employers to contract out union work and erode ILWU jurisdiction: part of the same "globalization" agenda responsible for recent attacks on dockers in Liverpool England and in Australia.
The employer attacks are surprising considering that the Port of Vancouver is now one of the most efficient and productive in the world, and the second largest in North America in terms of tonnage handled.
International Transport Federation rep Peter Lahay reminded the crowd of the International solidarity shown Liverpool dockers. He pledged ITF support for the ILWU struggle.
Vancouver ILWU members are fighting back and are determined to "turn the tide with union pride".
ILWU casual Ryan Cole singing "Longshoremen", an original song he wrote with his father, ILWU member Dan Cole.
working TV #136, RT: 27:30 each,
March 12 1999
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