November 1999

WTO background and union comment (ZNet, ICFTU...)

ILWU on WTO (ILWU website)

ILWU International President Brian McWilliams says "No WTO"
(ILWU Website)

Come to Seattle November 30th (ILWU Local 19 website)

Boycott Bill (Jose, 4 Nov)

AOL, WTO, Bill, Pies (Tim Milligan, 5 Nov)

Protest of the Century
(Brian Wiles, Puget Sound IBU Newsletter, Oct/Nov)

Puget Sound IBU Mobilization (Brian Wiles, 5 Nov)

MUA activist dismissed by Patrick Stevedores: Feathers unruffled over dock sacking (Brad Norington, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 Nov)

Face the Facts
(Barry Holloway, President ILWU Local 518, Frank Kennedy, Sec-Treasurer Pensioners Club, 4 Nov)

ILWU call to lift lockout threat (ILWU Canada, 5 Nov)

Lockout notice to Canada West Coast (Michael Kovacs, 5 Nov)

Ottawa to stay out of Vancouver lock-out (Allan Dowd, Reuters 5 Nov)

Chaos feared if BC ports close
(Brian Morton and Bruce Constantineau, Vancouver Sun, 5 Nov)

Letter from Vancouver (Peter Bell, 6 Nov)

Vancouver lockout costs $89m/day (Ian Bailey, Vancouver Sun, 8 Nov)

B.C. Ports Shutdown (CBC, 8 Nov)

Containers diverted to nearby US locations (Alison Bate, JoC, 8 Nov)

ILWU Canada web page

Discussion page http://ilwu500.tripod.com has info on Sultran. See also Sultran web site

Labour Net Canada and Canada Labour News

Strike: Some Canadian history (Gary Katz, CBC News Online)

Vancouver Shipping Lines (Michael Kovacs, 8 Nov)

No talks planned (Allan Dowd, Reuters 8 Nov)

Lockout to cost $89m a day (Keith Fraser, The Province, 8 Nov)

Dispute goes on, no talks planned (Allan Dowd, Reuters 9 Nov)

Liverpool stewards message to Vancouver (9 Nov)

Oahu dockworkers OK pact
(Russ Lynch, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 9 Nov)

Chittagong strike idles 61 ships (Reuters, 9 Nov)

Justice for Waterfront Asbestos Victims (MUA, 10 Nov)

Impact of lockout may widen (Bill Mongelluzzo, JOC 10 Nov)

Both sides tell Ottawa to stay out (Ian Bailey, Vancouver Sun 10 Nov)

Struck Cargo???? (T. Milligan, 10 Nov)

Commerce Secretary’s Trade Tour (San Jose Mercury News, 11 Nov)

Action for Canadians (Jack Mulcahy, ILWU Local 8, 11 Nov)

Canada urged to end port shutdown (Allan Dowd, Reuters 11 Nov)

B.C. Memo to Ottawa: ‘We told you so’ (The Province, 12 Nov)

‘Poor Babies’ debate

Poor Babies (Dianne LeChasseur, 12 Nov)

Just My Thoughts (Todd Amero, 12 Nov)

Forest execs want Ottawa to intervene (Canadian Press, 12 Nov)

Business to bring dispute to Ottawa (CBC, 13 Nov)

My Two Cents (Monica Wood, 13 Nov)

No longshoreman need apologize (Chuck Kole, 13 Nov)

Let's see Dumb Dianne shovel coke (Melissa Wales, 13 Nov)

Why are we working Canadian cargo? (Jeff Smith, Local 8, 13 Nov)

Alice in Wonderland (Peter Bell, ILWU Local 500, 13 Nov)

Recent sightings (updated 14 Nov)

Deal reached to reopen B.C. ports (CBC, 14 Nov)

Clock ticking at port
(John Bermingham and Mark Wilson, The Province 14 Nov)

Ottawa delays B.C. ports back-to-work legislation (CBC, 15 Nov)

B.C. ports dispute over (CBC, 16 Nov)

Proud to be a Longshoreman (James Long, 16 Nov)

Vancouver port lockout settled (JoC, 16 Nov)

Portland calls for all out on 30 Nov (ILWU Local 8, 16 Nov)

Ports Authority Wants to Create a Crisis
(David Hayoun, Business Arena, 16 Nov 99)

Dangerous proposals (E. Nunez, 17 Nov)

Vancouver port open once again (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 17 Nov)

Teamsters keep pressure on ports (Bill Mongelluzzo, JoC 18 Nov)

Canadian Dockworkers ratify West Coast port deal (CNEWS, 19 Nov)

Oakland Local 10 calls for all out on 30 Nov (Jack Heyman, 19 Nov)

Giant trade protests set for Seattle (Chris Stetkiewicz, Reuters 19 Nov)

Israeli Ports Strike Would Affect 63% of Market
(David Hayoun, Business Arena [Israel], 22 Nov 99)

Seattle temp agency offers $7.50/hr container work (Eric Dee, 23 Nov)

Buildings near WTO to heighten security
(Bruce Ramsey, Seattle Post-Intelligencer 24 Nov)

ILWU to shut West Coast ports (Bill Mongelluzzo, JoC 24 Nov)

Tugboat Strikes Delay Ships (Sydney Morning Herald, 24 Nov)

30 day stay for Haifa dispute
(Michal Raveh and David Hayoun, Israel’s Business Arena 25 Nov 99)

Spent Nuclear Fuel Rods Shipments: Sydney, Port Botany, France
(David Voronoff, FoE 25 Nov)

Millenium Bug: Aussie Ports To Close As Precaution
(AP, 25 Nov 99; JD, ILWU Local 13)

ILWU meeting point in Seattle

A two-pronged assault on free trade
(Andrea Knox, Philly Inquirer 26 Nov 99)

Thousands around world coming to demonstrate
Robert Collier, San Francisco Chronicle 26 Nov 99)

Agricore strike spreads to Vancouver grain terminals
(Reuters, 26 Nov 99)

Flags of Convenience (Aviva Freudmann, JoC 26 Nov 99)

Protest may close Port of Seattle (Seattle Post-Intelligencer 27 Nov 99)

Mumia forum at ILWU Local 19 (Jack Heyman, 28 Nov)

New Orleans: PACC use non-union stevedore (Mark Ellis, 28 Nov)

PACC should be picketted (Chuck Kole, 29 Nov 99)

PACC could be fought (Ole, 29 Nov 99)

UPS / Airborne use anti-union firm (Marc Gunther, 29 Nov 99)

Union Plans to Shut Down US Ports (Reuters, 30 Nov 99)

Police tear-gas Seattle WTO demo (AP, 30 Nov 99)

U.S. West Coast ports hit by WTO stoppages (Reuters, 30 Nov 99)

ILWU Internatl. Pres. Brian McWilliams’ Seattle speech (30 Nov 99)

Seattle photos (Gerry Collen, 30 Nov 99)