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Oakland Port Workers Plan Strike Monday Night

KQED News Staff and Wires

Nov 19, 2012

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OAKLAND (BCN) Port workers who say they have gone 16 months without a new contract plan to go on strike Monday and Tuesday in Oakland.

The Service Employees International Union 1021 has announced plans for a 24-hour strike starting Monday at 9 p.m.

The strike will kick off Monday night at Oakland International Airport's Terminal 1 at 9 p.m.

On Tuesday, picketers will target both the airport and the port.

The strike comes at a time when port officials are already under scrutiny.

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Port of Oakland Executive Director Omar Benjamin announced his retirement last week following an investigation into alleged improper expenditures, including public money spent at a strip club in Houston, Texas.

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