Today in Labor History Apr 24 halts shipping on the West Coast in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal

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Today in Labor History Apr 24 halts shipping on the West Coast in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal

April 24

The International Longshoremen�s and Warehousemen�s Union halts shipping on the West Coast in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal, a Philadelphia journalist whom many believed was on death row because he was an outspoken African-American - 1999

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April 24, 1999 - The International Longshoremen�s and Warehousemen�s Union halted shipping on the West Coast of the United States in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal, a Philadelphia journalist whom many believed was on death row because he was an outspoken African-American. For more on Mumia, see http://www.freemumia.org/ and http://www.labournet.net/docks2/9905/mumia1.htm

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_04_24_2010

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