Why are we working Canadian cargo?

Jeff Smith
ILWU Local #8 (Portland)
13 Nov

I work in the Puget Sound from time to time and I have been in Grays Harbor in the last two weeks watching cargo come from Canadian National and BC railroads box cars going on Star vessels. My question is WHY????

Wouldn’t it even help our brothers and sisters in Canada out if we refused to load the cargo here in the US ports that the employers are using? I for one think we need to put a stop to this and see how it works out then!!!.

Wasn’t there a list of vessels that are calling on the port of Grays Harbor and wasn’t STAR a company that is using their vessels there? If that isn’t a bona fide picket then I haven’t seen one yet!