I would suggest that this is a poor time for sluggish, thuggish agitators to gain adherents to their cause. And a piss poor patchwork crew of misfits to hook your wagon to.
This is no “grassroots-grown protest”.
This is a centrally planned program.
I live in Longview, WA, and the ILWU has been directed from outside the local region to wreck havoc at the Port of Longview.
The union here is losing popular support.