H.J. Lieberg; American Committee on Africa
New York, New York, United States
December 12, 1973
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During the last three months of 1973, there have been four boycotts of Rhodesian minerals, including one currently in progress in Baltimore of a shipment of nickel. Groups in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Norfolk. Philadelphia are working with ACOA on ship boycotts. In Philadelphia, no longshoremen unloaded anything for 24 hours, boycotting a shipment of asbestos; they respected a 24 hour picket line. This cost the ship about $1,700 for non-use of the pier and throwing it off schedule. Due to internal union problems, the goods are usually unloaded late or are divested to another port. This is usually the case in Baltimore, but a large number of sympathetic dockworkers have formed...
During the last three months of 1973, there have been four boycotts of Rhodesian minerals, including one currently in progress in Baltimore of a shipment of nickel. Groups in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Norfolk. Philadelphia are working with ACOA on ship boycotts. In Philadelphia, no longshoremen unloaded anything for 24 hours, boycotting a shipment of asbestos; they respected a 24 hour picket line. This cost the ship about $1,700 for non-use of the pier and throwing it off schedule. Due to internal union problems, the goods are usually unloaded late or are divested to another port. This is usually the case in Baltimore, but a large number of sympathetic dockworkers have formed “Militant Action Dockers” to help get rid of their union leadership and support the boycotts as one of their demands.
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