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Maritime Workers Hold May Day Celebration, Rally to Support Alcatraz Cruises Workers

Maritime Workers Hold May Day Celebration, Rally to Support Alcatraz Cruises Workers

Last Monday morning, a large group of people gathered at the side entrance of Local 10 in San Francisco, home of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). A collection of longshore workers, sailors, and labor activists waited to start a celebration and rally for International Workers’ Day. Better known as May Day, the holiday commemorates the labor martyrs slain during the Haymarket massacre in 1886. The celebration included a march to Pier 33 on the San Francisco Waterfront in support of the Alcatraz Cruises workers fighting for their first contract with the Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU), the marine division of the ILWU.  Both the crowd and list of speakers reflected a diverse range of ideologies, backgrounds and organizations. Members of…

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