The Port of Oakland strike has officially become a Port Shutdown! #N20
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OccupythePort (@occupytheport) November 20, 2012As Twitchy reported yesterday, the SEIU is commemorating the Thanksgiving holiday with a #Strikesgiving of its own. Calls for port strikes are escalating — how better to serve the common man than to shut down our ports? — and today, the SEIU is reveling in a strike at the Port of Oakland.
Striking workers shut down operations at Port of Oakland – San Jose Mercury News mercurynews.com/news/ci_220327…—
Left on Main St. (@LeftonMain) November 20, 2012
OAKLAND — Striking workers brought operations to a halt at gates to the Port of Oakland Tuesday morning, leaving more than 100 trucks lined up waiting to get in.
Employees from Service Employees International Union Local 1021 were also picketing at Oakland International Airport, but those workers left to help cover the many entrances at the port, according to union spokeswoman Anna Bakalis. The picket did not affect service at the airport, as travelers began to gear up for the Thanksgiving holiday rush, according to port spokesman Isaac Kos-Read.
The strike is being honored by members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, who load and unload cargo containers on ships and trucks at the port. The participation of ILWU workers means cargo operations at the port are effectively shut down.
on strike. shut it down. oakland is a union town. #OO #OccupyOakland #PortShutdown #SEIU—
Alyssa (@alyssa011968) November 20, 2012
One Union, One Fight: We STRIKE at the Port of Oakland seiu1021.org ( @codeframesf live at ustre.am/GMAl)—
#ProtestForGaza (@KatG4) November 20, 2012
"SHUT IT DOWN! Oakland is a union town!" "The people, united, will never be defeated!" Oakland port workers on strike: ustream.tv/occupysf—
Enemy of the State (@Mike_Peake) November 20, 2012
Oakland Port Strike!!!! Crazy I use to catch flights to school and now I'm at rallys. #TheIrony lol. instagr.am/p/SQ5m3tpaXk/—
Maiya Edgerly (@THE_EDGE_1) November 20, 2012
More images from Port of Oakland strike, now officially a port shut down. #portstrike #portShutdown #SEIU http://t.co/AX9wVmlW—
k rok (@KiernanRok) November 20, 2012
This morning's Port of Oakland strike. @seiu1021 #N20 #OO #portstrike http://t.co/4wbXcg6C—
k rok (@KiernanRok) November 20, 2012
Port of Oakland strike by @seiu1021 #N20 #OO #portstrike http://t.co/g2Ju33ub—
k rok (@KiernanRok) November 20, 2012
Port of Oakland strike. @seiu1021 #N20 #OO #portstrike http://t.co/cjN0SFn7—
k rok (@KiernanRok) November 20, 2012
They're fired up SEIU 1021 Oakland Port Strike http://t.co/dhkw9vs1—
Eiko Huh (@BellaEiko) November 20, 2012
#Walmartstrikers supporting @seiu1021 strike at Port of Oakland this morning. #portstrike #PortShutdown #ForRespect http://t.co/F2bepTC5—
k rok (@KiernanRok) November 20, 2012
For the children. Always.
The strike is reportedly set to end tonight at 9 p.m., but whether or not that’s the case, we can be sure that the SEIU and fellow union thugs will ensure that #Strikesgiving sticks around.
