The Occupy movement also said it plans to protest at the ports to support the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in its ongoing dispute with Longview, Wash.-based EGT, which is planning to open a grain terminal without using unionized dockworkers.
Last week, the ILWU said it shared the Occupy movement’s concerns, but that the union did not authorize an effort to shut down West Coast port operations.
“Only ILWU members or their elected representatives can authorize job actions on behalf of the union, and any decisions made by groups outside of the union’s democratic process do not hold water, regardless of intent,” ILWU President Robert McEllrath said in a written statement.