From ITF Info 13

Dockers' unions take action for global solidarity

ITF-affiliated dock workers' unions in South Africa and the West Coast of the USA have undertaken actions designed to demonstrate their solidarity with other dockers' unions. The ITF-affiliated Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU) organised actions throughout South African ports on Monday 8 September as an "international day of action".

A series of stop work meetings were also organised by the ITF-affiliated International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) on Monday 8 September during the first morning shift. The meetings discussed privatisation issues in Los Angeles and also expressed the union's solidarity with other dock workers.