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Honduran authorities circulated this picture from the Oregonian in search of union dockworkers Carlos Alvarado, left, and Glen Galdames, as they picket outside Terminal 6 on March 4. Longshore workers walked off their jobs at the Port of Portland’s container terminal Tuesday in solidarity with the Hondurans, who are members of the SGTM union involved in a dispute with Filipino company ICTSI. (Stephanie Yao Long/The Oregonian)
News release from ILWU Coast Longshore Division:
ICTSI USES INFLUENCE WITH HONDURAN GOVERNMENT TO PERSECUTE DOCKWORKERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN PEACEFUL, LEGAL PICKET IN PORTLAND
AFL-CIO group urges US Embassy to take immediate action to protect workers from arrest and prosecution
PORTLAND, OR (MARCH 7, 2014) – The AFL-CIO-backed Solidarity Center sent a letter to the Ambassador of the United States in Honduras on March 6 urging him to “take immediate action and demand that the Honduran National Police cease and desist from actions it is taking in seeking to detain and arrest members of the Honduran port workers union Sindicato Gremial de Trabajadores del Muelle (SGTM) who legally and peacefully participated in a protest at the Port of...