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WAWG at work <strong>Wheat</strong> farmers oppose Occupy’s port shutdown Occupy came. Occupy went. But, they went with more negative headlines than they probably expected. In an attempt to show solidarity for worker rights and a plight against the wealth of America, the Occupy movement showed up at West Coast ports in mid-December with the idea of shutting off all trade from the Pacific for a day. In their attempt to have a negative effect on trade and, subsequently, Wall Street, they managed to infuriate the workers they claim to represent. Longshoremen refused to join the protest. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Port of Oakland officials said disruptions caused by protesters likely cost businesses, workers and the surrounding community millions of dollars. Officials estimate the port generates around $8.5 million per day in business revenue, wages, taxes and other economic activity. Closer to home, between 60 and 80 union workers were not paid due to port shutdowns orchestrated by the Occupy Seattle movement, a union leader told seattlepi.com. In Portland, the Oregonian editorial board wrote that if nothing else, the port protests demonstrated Oregon’s deep reliance on trade. “As the picketers meandered from one terminal to the next, they took a day’s pay away from almost 400 International Longshore and Warehouse Union workers who were told to avoid the protests and stay home. It’s doubtful that large exporters and ship-owning companies such as Goldman Sachs were affected in any way by the protest—but hundreds of Oregon families took a holiday hit to their paychecks.” A barge unloads its cargo of wheat at the Columbia Grain export terminal in Portland, Ore. Billions of dollars worth of agricultural products are shipped through Pacific Northwest ports every year. Representing thousands of wheat farmers in the state, the Washington Grain Alliance took a firm stand against the protesting that shut down the West Coast ports last month. “We need everyone to work together in order to keep grain moving to our customers,” said WAWG President Eric Maier. “Thousands of jobs on both sides of the state rely on our wheat, including the export facility workers who oversee the ports, the workers who load the ships, the river and bar pilots who guide the ships...the list is long. They need us, and we need them.” In the organization’s resolutions, WAWG opposes any mea- 4 WHEAT LIFE JANUARY 2012
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