green strikes/civic altruism union style

  gale called her notion
  a safety strike 
lets add
green strikes
safety strikes 
are community in gathering actions 
about the nyc transit system

get the ridership on your side 
by a pure
 no wage or work rule gimmick 
 safety conditions demand 
outside the contract

and between contracts 

not a me me me  job action

" its unsafe at any speed ...
so we're shuttin it down unless ...."


"its a
   dummer for us woikahs and you ridahs too " 

well

heres our chance
 clean-green 
 the air around 
our  la area harbors 


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"LONG BEACH, Calif., Jan. 30 — 
The effort to reduce smog
 stemming from seaports
 among the biggest polluters 
in the nation
 gained an ally on Monday
 when the union representing 
thousands of West Coast dockworkers
 promised to help significantly
 reduce toxic emissions"



 
"The union, 
the International Longshore and Warehouse Union,
 representing 60,000 dockworkers
 from San Diego to Seattle
 called for a one-fifth reduction 
in emissions by 2010 
and said it would push carriers 
to adopt less-polluting 
technology on their ships"


"About 40 percent of the nation's cargo
 passes through ports here  in long beach 
and in Los Angeles next door"

"which combined are the busiest in the country"

 

" air quality regulators 
have identified the ports 
as the biggest contributors 
of particulate matter "

"The thousands of men and women
 I represent and work for
 raise their families
 under the cloud of port pollution," 
              thats union prez  Jim Spinosa
 




" he did not rule out making it part
 of negotiations during the next contract talks
 in 2008"

 no joe this can't wait threaten job action
 in lb/la ports if you don't get
 a written agreement 
by july 4th