[news] Canada: Decades-old wildcat strike wins gratitude from Argentina

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

LabourStart headline - Source: CBC

A wildcat strike by longshoremen in Saint John, N.B., nearly three decades ago may earn their union a national honour in Argentina.

In 1979, the Saint John Longshoremen, a branch of the International Longshoremen's Association, refused to load cargo for a ship headed to Argentina to protest that country's military dictatorship.

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