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WHAT WE ARE DOING IN W536
July 20, 2011
Letter to Membership
Brothers and Sisters,
Unless you have been gone you know that our Brothers and Sisters of the ILWU Local 21 are in the fight of their lives and our lives too. We all know the strength of the ILWU in our Longview Labor Community and if they can be beat the signal is given that we all can be. Our motto is "United We Bargain, Divided We Beg", the ILWU's motto is "An Injury To One, Is An Injury To All" both have never been truer. So the question I get from our members is "what can we do?'. So I will give you some idea of what I am doing so you can decide for yourself. I am staying close to my phone and have my IAM shirt and support picket in my vehicle. When I hear there is an event going on I rally to it and stay legally supportive of their action. When they rallied at the Port gate I went to the site and helped shuttle them and their vehicles. I wasn't alone several of our members were there doing the same. If you feel like I do and want to help too, call me or stop by the hall and leave your phone number. We will build a phone tree and call each other when a event happens and rally to their support. The ILWU has put out posters and bumper stickers showing support for the movement and we have them or will print them for you at the hall. In fact if you stop by the hall you will find them in every window. I have friends and family that are Longshoremen and having worked on the Weyerhaeuser log dock for more than 40 years, there are not many that I do not know and love. As Sheriff Mark Nelson said, "Bless their hearts, they are our friends, our community". They are Brothers and Sisters, they are family, I believe blood doesn't run except to the fight. So write a blog on this site, join the war on Facebook, write a letter to the editor, join me on the line supporting them but act, don't sit by and do nothing. The ILWU has put up a sign that says, "This Is, World War III". I strongly support the statement made by my Brother Dan Coffman, President of Local 21, "We will go to jail together as a Union". How do you let a man like that and Brothers and Sisters like that, stand without you. It is the hill to die on.
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In Solidarity,
Mike Heuer
President
Woodworkers W536
Longview, WA
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