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"Thousands of protesters who have gathered at the Port of Oakland are holding a general assembly meeting Monday night to decide whether to extend the port blockade through the early morning.One of the reasons for the daylong effort to shut down ports on the West Coast was to stand in solidarity with International Longshore and Warehouse Union members in a labor dispute with grain exporter EGT in Longview, Wash. and with truck drivers in Los Angeles, who are classified as independent contractors and do not receive benefits.Protesters Monday evening said that Dan Coffman, president of ILWU Local 21 in Longview had called with a message for the demonstrators. A speaker at the meeting repeated his message to the crowd.\"This is the rebirth of the labor movement,\" he said."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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