San Francisco, April 24 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, the local chapter of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union has vowed to shut down ports on May 1 in a historic protest against police brutality.
In a statement, the union said: "It is fitting that on May Day, International Workers Day, Bay Area ports will be shut down to protest the racist police killing of mainly black and brown people."
This is the first time a union has taken such action. In 2008, the same union chapter shut down Pacific Coast ports to demand an end to the wars of aggression against Iraq and Afghanistan.
