ILWU Longshore Caucus calls for Iraq War Protest at Pacific Ports on May 1 (click this link for entire announcement) Nearly one-hundred Longshore Caucus delegates voted on February 8 to support a resolution calling for an 8-hour “stop-work” meeting during the day-shift on Thursday, May 1 to protest the war by calling for the immediate safe return of U.S. troops from Iraq.