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While ILWU bureaucrats are making every possible effort to prevent job actions, this is being challenged by the global resurgence of the class struggle.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has kept workers on the job without a deal, in maneuvers coordinated with the Pacific Maritime Association and the Biden Administration.
The British-based multinational is slashing thousands of jobs at its facilities across five continents and attacking employees' wages and working conditions to further boost its profits.
Late last week, MNA President Mary Turner signaled that the union may seek to confine a walkout to just one day.
The deaths occurred as the company has posted “better than expected” revenues due to its heavy exploitation of the work force.