In addition to recent solidarity letters from dockworker unions in Germany, New Zealand, the European Union, Japan, and around the world, more letters have been sent to PMA President and CEO Jim McKenna — this time from Yong Soo Chi, President of the Korean Federation of Port Workers’ Union (KFPTWU), and Vasilii Kozarenko, Chairman of the Dockers’ Union of Russia.

Like the messages of solidarity from around the world, the letters are clear: “We have pledged to provide active solidarity support to the ILWU and its members by any and all legal means available to us, if necessary, in order to bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion.”

The dockworkers unions are united in the International Transport Workers’ Federation, uniting 700 unions, and representing more than 4.5 million transport workers from 150 countries.