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Longshore Workers Win Union at EGT Terminal AUSTRALIA $1.50 · cAnAdA $1.00 · fRAnce 1.00 eURo · new zeALAnd $1.50 · Uk £.50 · U.S. $1.00 INSIDE Capitalist rule is source of violence, not of its decline —Book review/PAGE 6 A SOCIALIST NEWSWEEKLY PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF WORKING PEOPLE vOL. 76/NO. 7 FEBRUARY 20, 2012 Athens deepens gov’t cuts and Longshore workers win targets private industry workers union at EGT terminal From California to Alaska, West Coast remains ILWU Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images Striking steelworkers march to Greek parliament in Athens Feb. 7 during one-day political strike. Action protested latest government moves forcing workers to bear brunt of crisis. AP Photo/Don Ryan ILWU members and supporters protest EGT’s union-busting drive in Longview, Wash., Sept. 7. BY JOHN STUder driven cuts and economic contrac- The Greek government of Prime tion, with more than 45 percent of BY MARY MArtIN EGT’s terminal 24 hours a day since Minister Lucas Papademos—in- youth out of a job. The job losses are LONGVIEW, Wash.—The Inter- June. stalled under pressure from Berlin, accompanied by ever deeper cuts in national Longshore and Warehouse The first grain ship to dock at EGT’s the eurozone’s dominant power—is health, education and other services. Union has defeated the EGT bosses’ terminal arrived Feb. 7 and was tied assaulting the working class on sev- For the first time, European Union attempt to shut the union out of its up by ILWU members. eral fronts to stave off a default on leaders and the U.S.-backed IMF are terminal here. Port work along the en- EGT had refused to hire ILWU payments to holders of its debt. demanding the Greek government tire West Coast remains ILWU-orga- workers in violation of an agreement The so-called troika—the Europe- lead assaults on workers in private nized, as it has for eight decades. Continued on page 9 an Commission, International Mon- industry as a precondition for further On Feb. 1 EGT recognized ILWU etary Fund and European Central loans. Local 21 as the bargaining represen- Bank—underwrote previous loans to Among the demands are a 25 per- tative for workers at its grain terminal Drive kicks off Greece to put off default, on condition cent cut in the minimum wage, which here both for ship-loading operations of austerity measures, and is dangling would lower the wage scale across the on the dock as well as work inside its $171 billion in new loans if Athens board; reductions in holiday bonuses, facility at the port. The union had or- to win long-term will make deeper cuts. equivalent to eliminating two months’ ganized several major protest actions The Greek government has agreed Continued on page 9 and maintained picket lines in front of subscribers to to cut 15,000 additional public sector jobs over the next year and a total of workers’ paper 150,000 jobs by 2015, about 20 per- BY LOUIS MArtIN cent of all government jobs. The un- Hundreds protest killing of “I really like the Militant,” said Ta- employment rate is already 19 percent mara Johnson, a locked-out worker from previous rounds of austerity- Black youth by New York cop from American Crystal’s plant in East Grand Forks, Minn. “What I like best is the global coverage of labor issues. Caterpillar shuts It’s probably the best source for that that I know of.” Johnson, one of 1,300 sugar beet Canada plant, workers who have been fighting American Crystal Sugar’s union-bust- workers picket ing lockout campaign for more than six months, renewed her subscription for severance pay to the paper in November. Her comment is a reflection of the BY JOHN STEELE Continued on page 3 MONTREAL—Workers in Lon- don, Ontario, have maintained pick- ets against Caterpillar subsidiary Electro-Motive Diesel since the com- Also Inside: pany announced Feb. 3 they are clos- ing the plant. Members of Canadian 4 workers killed in 7 months Auto Workers Local 27 don’t trust the Militant/Ruth Robbinett at Vale’s mines in Canada 2 Some 500 people gather in Bronx, N.Y., Feb. 6 to protest killing four days earlier of 18- bosses and are making sure they get year-old Ramarley Graham, gunned down by an undercover narcotics cop in his home. the full severance pay they’re entitled Wood donation aids to under Ontario labor law. BY RUTH ROBINett person to be shot by cops in New York sugar workers’ pickets 4 The 450 workers, who assemble AND NANCY BOYASKO City in the last month. diesel locomotives, were locked out BRONX, New York—Some 500 An undercover narcotics cop shot NZ gov’t presses frame-up Jan. 1 after they rejected the com- people at a Feb. 6 protest condemned and killed 18-year-old Graham inside of activists for Maori rights 7 pany demand for a 50 percent wage the police killing here of Ramarley Graham’s apartment Feb. 2 in Wake- cut and massive cuts to their pensions Graham, marching from the victim’s field, a heavily Black and Caribbean Prosecute cops who and benefits. They set up 24/7 pick- home to the nearby police precinct neighborhood. Video from surveil- killed Ramarley Graham! 9 Continued on page 4 headquarters. Graham is the fourth Continued on page 7 4 workers killed in 7 months at Vale’s mines in Canada BY JOHN STEELE of which were imposed on the workers MONTREAL—Nickel miner Ste- at the end of the walkout. At the time of phen Perry, 47, was killed Jan. 29 at the the strike there were 3,300 production Vale Ltd. Coleman Mine in Levack near and maintenance workers. Now there Sudbury, Ontario. He was crushed by are 2,600. falling rock at the 4,215-foot level while “We are angry at the company,” said operating a loader. Perry is the fourth miner Tim Levesque, who has been worker to die in seven months at Vale working at the Coleman mine for eight mines in Canada. years and knew Perry. “When we came Vale, based in Brazil, is the second- back from the strike the company elimi- biggest mining company in the world. nated some safety regulations. Before, Last June two miners were buried we could directly file our ‘079 reports’ under a run of muck at its Stobie mine on safety concerns. Now we have to do Gerry Kingsley United Steelworkers members block road to Clarabelle Mill near Sudbury, Ontario, May 2010 near Sudbury. In October, a miner was it through the foreman, and it is up to his during yearlong strike against Vale. Company imposed concessions on workers after strike. killed while operating a scoop tram at discretion whether to have the complaint Recent deaths at Vale mines in Canada come amid drive for higher productivity and profits. the Thompson, Manitoba, operation. dealt with.” The Coleman, Stobie and Thomp- Levesque also reported that a compa- In the case of the two deaths at the perienced miner with 16 years at Vale, son mines are organized by the United ny change to its “bonus” system, a form Stobie mine, Local 6500 and Vale orga- was working alone. Steelworkers. of piece work, rewards miners for work- nized separate investigations, a depar- “Years ago we had a buddy sys- Vale officials temporarily closed all ing faster at the expense of safety. ture from past practice, because union tem and nobody worked underground five of the company’s Sudbury-area Vale’s media department in Sudbury officials refused to accept Vale’s terms alone,” said Seppo Vataja, who works mines following Perry’s death. The min- has not responded to Militant calls. for the inquiry. at the North Mine. “Now you can work ers will receive their basic pay during “Four fatalities in seven months is On Feb. 2 union officials and Vale alone. We are supposed to call in every the shutdown. As of Feb. 6 some miners unacceptable … this has got to stop,” agreed to a joint investigation of Perry’s two hours. But what if you call in and had begun returning to work, although Local 6500 President Rick Bertrand death. The two sides have also started a five minutes later you have a serious ac- production remained suspended. told the Sudbury Star. “We’re not even joint plant-gate collection to raise money cident. You won’t be reported missing Miners who spoke to the Militant finished one investigation and we’re into for Stephen Perry’s daughter. until two hours later and that could be pointed to Vale’s drive to increase pro- another.” At the time of his death Perry, an ex- too late.” duction and profits as the underlying cause of high death and injury rates. “We are being pushed to do more pro- duction,” said smelter worker Paul The- Women fight discriminatory hiring at Illinois mine riault. “There used to be eight guys per BY ALYSON KENNEDY sponse. or were experienced miners, some cur- level and now there are only six and we CHICAGO—In March 2008 Brooke Petkas, who has been an underground rently working.” are doing the same amount of produc- Petkas from West Frankfort, Ill., con- coal miner since 2003, currently works at On Jan. 24 the first hearing with a tion and more. So we have fewer guys tacted the Equal Employment Opportu- the Peabody-owned Wildcat Hills Mine. judge took place by phone conference. working harder. Since the strike they nity Commission and filed a complaint “I come from a family of coal miners,” The trial is scheduled for July 2013, ac- have been pushing us.” against the Mach Mine for sex discrimi- she told the Southern.
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