Charleston workers celebrate victory
Longshore workers in Charleston, S.C., have reason to
celebrate. Last November they beat back a state frameup
involving criminal charges against five workers after a police
assault on a legal picket line at a scab ship. On March 2 they
celebrated with the inauguration of a brand-new union
headquarters. ILA Local 1422 President Ken Riley, on left in
the photo, had toured the country, drumming up support from
local unionists and activists all the way up to the national
AFL-CIO.
People came to Charleston from all over to join hundreds of
longshore workers and their families, Black and white, in the
celebration. At the podium is Julián Garcia of the
International Dockworkers Council, based in Barcelona, Spain,
and a translator.
--Deirdre Griswold
Reprinted from the March 14, 2002, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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