Fwd: EGT email

[Shiva Markandeya]

-Shiva  M.
Outreach Cmtte
Opdx...@gmail.com

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From: "dillon" <dillonr...@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 20, 2012 8:27 PM
Subject: EGT email
To: "pdx inneroccupational team" <pdx-inneroccu...@googlegroups.com>

Occupy brothers and sisters, please stand in solidarity with your
fellow movements; Occupy Longview, Portland, and Oakland.  We are
asking for your participation and endorsement of our upcoming actions
in Longview Washington. Please bring the following resolution to your
GA for potential endorsement
http://interoccupy.org/resolution-of-occupies-longview-portland-and-oakland-a-call-to-interoccupy-action/.

We have been asked by our brothers and sisters from the longshoremen
union in Longview to support them in their struggle against EGT and
their parent company Bunge.

EGT's parent company, Bunge, belongs to a cartel of three corporations
that control 90% of the world's grain supply. Bunge has worsened world
hunger by fixing grain prices. They are forcing workers in Brazil to
work in near slave conditions. They are guilty of multiple violations
of the Clean Air Act, as well as millions of dollars in tax evasion in
Argentina.

The International Longshoremen Workers Union is engaged in a crucial
struggle at the Port of Longview, Washington, where EGT, is attempting
to operate as the West Coast’s only non-ILWU facility, despite
promising otherwise when it received millions of dollars in taxpayer
subsidies to build its grain exporting terminal. Now, as the first
ship makes its way to the port to fill up with grain bound for Asia,
it is reported that Coast Guard ships and helicopters will be used to
escort this ship. This is the first time in 30 years that the united
states military is taking the side of a corporation in a labor
struggle. The use of tax payer funded military to oppression the
citizens that support it is horrifying.

We expect under 48hrs notice on when this ship will arrive, it will be
at the end of the month or in the first weeks of next month. If you
would like an update on when this is happening please text @noegtpdx
to 23559. If you can make it up to Longview to stand in solidarity
there we would firstly advocate for that. Lets stand together and send
a message to EGT that we will not allow this injustice to continue to
happen. Please sign up at http://occupytheegt.org/content/sign-longview-caravan.
If not please stand in solidarity with occupies around the nation at
Bunge offices in your local area on or before this day.
http://www.bungenorthamerica.com/locations/usa/index.shtml.