Source: Port of Oakland Running at Half Capacity After Wildcat Strike in Solidarity With Occupy Oakl

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Source: truthout

Source: Port of Oakland Running at Half Capacity After Wildcat Strike in Solidarity With Occupy Oakland
Wednesday 02 November 2011
by: Matt Renner, Truthout | Report

Port of Oakland. (Photo: st3ck3l)

Update 1:42 PM Pacific - Despite push-back from union leaders and the management at the Port of Oakland, rank and file longshoremen are adamant that many longshoremen decided not to work today and disrupted work at the Port of Oakland today, in solidarity with the general strike called by the Occupy Oakland protesters.

Richard Washington, a longshoreman who refused work today, told Truthout about his intentions. "This wasn't ordered or suggested by the union leaders, the rank and file workers decided to not work today in support of Occupy Oakland. I am one of the longshoremen who did not take a job. The majority of the longshoremen at the hiring hall this morning decided not to take jobs. For the most part it was longshoremen walking off in solidarity with the general strike," adding "tonight, there will be a picket line and I don't think any longshoremen will cross the picket line."

Read more: http://www.truth-out.org/source-port-oakland-effectively-shut-down-solidarity-occupy-oakland-general-strike/1320253405

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Live aerial view of the strike.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=8416255

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1. Did you see the live feed?

some estimates of 10K there... and protestors climbing on the containers (oh no, hope the cops don;t use that as an excuse to show up!)

please let me know if any other businesses were affected, or if you hear any updates!

Proud to be an O-Town homegirl ! wish I was still living down there, and a few years younger...

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2. Car strikes 3 protesters

VeggieDoc RT @OccupyBGM: BREAKING: LIVE!! Car strikes 3 protestors at #occupyoakland LIVE FEED abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id… via @abc7newsBayArea

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3. Tweet: Estimate of 10,000 people occuying the port

yameen215 10,000 people (!) occupying PORT OF OAKLAND - Estimated by @abc7newsBayArea