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Thousands of War Protesters in San Francisco (Jan. 27, 2007) join the Longshoremen picket line put up at a ferry boat company which takes tourists to Alcatraz Island. The edited video initially explains through interviews with union pilots and crew what their strike is about, then highlights key labor and anti-war speeches connecting the illegal Iraq war with the domestic war against working people. Produced by Labor Beat. 28 minutes.

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To purchase a dvd: $15 at this site. Indicate title "Iraq War Protest Joins Dockers Strike Picket"

The coalition between the anti-war movement and labor against the war staged a powerful protest at the historic San Francisco docks to demonstrate solidarity against Hornblower's union busting tactics.

Speeches by SF labor leaders and anti-war activists. 56 minutes

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Waterfront union workers marked Martin Luther King's birthday Sunday, January 14th, with a special demonstration starting at Harry Bridges Plaza - then moving on to Hornblower headquarters at Pier 3 and ending at the Alcatraz Ferry, Pier 33. The ten year "exclusive and lucrative Alcatraz ferry contract" was awarded Hornblower Cruises by the Bush Administration last fall and workers have been protesting ever since as Terry MacRae, Hornblower boss, "refuses to hire qualified, trained, professional Inland Boatmen's Union (IBU) and Masters, Mates, and Pilots association (MM&P) workers who have performed this work safely since 1973."

video of the march.

On December 9, 2006 nearly 1,000 bay area trade unionists marched and rallied at Pier 33 in San Francisco's Embarcadero to protest the effort by the Federal government/Park Service and Terry MacCrae owner of Alcatraz Tours to bust the Inland Boatman's Union IBU/ILWU and the Masters, Mates and Pilots Union.

The Bush administration awarded their pal MacCrae a ten year contract to run the most popular federal park tour in the country and he has flagrantly discriminated against the union members who had done the Alcatraz run for more than 20 years.

(Click on the image at the right to watch the video.)

Bob Crow, the General Secretary of the UK-Rail Maritime and Transport Union spoke at an internantional conference ot transportation workers in San Francisco on November 16, 2006.

He was introduced by the Transportation Workers Solidarity Committee Chair and ILWU Local 10 member Jack Heyman. The RMT has been fighting for the renationalization of the British railways and also his union the RMT has actively opposed the imperialist war in Iraq.

(Click on the image to watch the video of this demonstration.)

Alcatraz Cruises, of Hornblower Dining and Yachts has refused to recognize union workers who have worked on the Alcatraz ferry since its opening as a National Park. Full time jobs with pension and benefits are being replaced with casual part time workers and no union. On Monday September 25, 2006 maritime workers from the IBU-ILWU BA Region, Masters, Mates and Pilots and ILWU Local 10 protested the flagrant discrimination by Hornblower Dining and Yachts owner and the effort by the federal government to push non-union operations in the San Francisco bay. The demonstration took place at Pier 31/33 on the Embarcadero in San Francisco, one quarter mile south of Pier 39 in San Francisco.