Back in March, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union took a fine position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Its Coast Committee called the attack “an act of aggression that endangers a population of more than 40 million people.” In a press release, the union stated that “Effective immediately, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, with some 20,000 workers strong in 29 ports up and down the United States West Coast, will refuse to load or unload any Russian vessels or Russian cargo coming into or going out of all West Coast ports from Bellingham, Washington, to San Diego, California.”
Hayward Unified students and educators returned to in-person classes Tuesday after the district held classes online last week due to shortages of healthy staff.
Most of the students, parents and union representatives at the rally decried the district’s planned closing of schools as a cost-saving measure. The district blames declining enrollment.