Local (VA)Teamsters protest sale of ports to Dubai company

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Local Teamsters protest sale of ports to Dubai company

By JEREMIAH MCWILLIAMS, The Virginian-Pilot
© February 24, 2006 | Last updated 3:51 PM Feb. 24

NORFOLK––James Wright got the call from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Thursday night. The posters came this morning.

Wright, president of Teamsters Local 822, had less than 24 hours to organize an Teamsters-sponsored rally in Norfolk to protest the planned takeover of operations at six U.S. port terminals by a company from the United Arab Emirates.

“It didn’t give us much time,” Wright said Friday afternoon outside the gate to Norfolk International Terminals. “I made a few phone calls.”

The Norfolk rally, with a half-dozen Teamsters braving chilly winds and holding signs reading “Goodbye Dubai – Secure America’s Ports,” was part of a nationwide blitz by the Teamsters to join the battle against the $6.8 billion purchase by Dubai Ports World.

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1. The Norfolk Int' Terminal is literally right across the street from some

VERY important military installations including NATO, Joint Forces Command, Joint Forces Staff College, and Naval Station Norfolk (The largest naval base in the world).