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A new plea came from the Port of Oakland on Sunday: Don’t shut us down.
The plea was part of a strategy against plans by Occupy Oakland to blockade the port later in the month.
In the front section of the Oakland Tribune, readers found a full-page, color advertisement published by the port with the basic message of keeping the port open. Occupy protesters had called for ports to be shut down up and down the west coast next week.
A spokesperson for the local ILWU chapter said they do not support the planned port shutdown because they were never approached by anyone at Occupy Oakland, so the union was not able to consider any participation and put it to a vote.