Truck drivers are shown idled at the closed gates at the entrance to the Port of Los Angeles Thursday May 1, 2008. Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers stage day-long anti-war protests commemorate May Day. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Cranes that load and unload cargo containers from ships stand in the vertical, idle position at the port of Los Angeles as West Coast cargo traffic came to a halt as port workers staged daylong anti-war protests Thursday, May 1, 2008. Thousands of dockworkers did not show up for the morning shift, leaving ships and truck drivers idle at ports from Long Beach to Seattle. Workers were expected to return for the start of the evening shift. (AP Ph...
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Docks and berths are empty as cranes that load and unload cargo containers from ships stand in the vertical, idle position at the port of Los Angeles as West Coast cargo traffic came to a halt as port workers staged daylong anti-war protests Thursday, May 1, 2008. Thousands of dockworkers did not show up for the morning shift, leaving ships and truck drivers idle at ports from Long Beach to Seattle. Workers were expected to return for the start...
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James Laudermill, 48, of Pomona, Calif. talks about the port closure in Wilmington, Calif., Thursday, May 1, 2008. Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers stage day-long anti-war protests to commemorate May Day. Laudermill spent the morning washing his truck and fueling up on diesel at a truck wash in the Los Angeles suburb of Wilmington after he was turned away at the nearby Port of Long Beach. (AP Pho...
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Cargo sits in the port waiting to be loaded in Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, May 1, 2008. Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers staged a day-long anti-war protest on May Day. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Cargo sits in the port of Long Beach waiting to be loaded in Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, May 1, 2008. Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers stage day-long anti-war protests to commemorate May Day. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Cranes at the Port of Tacoma sit idle Thrusday, May 1, 2008 in Tacoma, Wash. The ports of Seattle and Tacoma were quiet Thursday after longshore workers took the day off for May Day and to protest the War in Iraq. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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An overview of an idled Port of Los Angeles is shown as truckers were turned away from closed gates at the entrance Thursday May 1, 2008. Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers stage day-long anti-war protests to commemorate May Day. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Security personnel place warning cones in front of the closed gates at the entrance to the Port of Los Angeles Thursday May 1, 2008. Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers stage day-long anti-war protests to commemorate May Day. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Members of the International Longshoremen & Warehouse union gather outside of their meeting hall in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 1, in 2008. Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers stage day-long anti-war protests commemorate May Day. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Toby Blome of El Cerrito, Calif. pickets and flashes the peace sign in front of the Union Pacific Railroad container terminal at the Port of Oakland in solidarity with a shutdown of marine terminals by the Longshoreman's Union, Thursday, May 1, 2008 in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas)
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Truckers Chris Cunningham, Sean Thompson and Rick Furtado arrive to find a closed container terminal at the Port of Oakland, and nowhere to drop off their loads, due to a shutdown of marine terminals by the Longshoreman's Union, Thursday, May 1, 2008 in Oakland,Calif. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas)
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Cranes that load and unload cargo containers from ships stand in the vertical, idle position at the port of Los Angeles as West Coast cargo traffic came to a halt as port workers staged daylong anti-war protests Thursday, May 1, 2008. Thousands of dockworkers did not show up for the morning shift, leaving ships and truck drivers idle at ports from Long Beach to Seattle. Workers were expected to return for the start of the evening shift. (AP Ph...
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Cranes that load and unload cargo containers from ships stand in the vertical, idle position at the port of Los Angeles, foreground and Long Beach, rear, as West Coast cargo traffic came to a halt as port workers staged daylong anti-war protests Thursday, May 1, 2008. Thousands of dockworkers did not show up for the morning shift, leaving ships and truck drivers idle at ports from Long Beach to Seattle. Workers were expected to return for the s...
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A cargo ship sits docked at the Port of Tacoma as normally bustling cargo handling lanes sit empty at left, Thursday, May 1, 2008 in Tacoma, Wash. The ports of Seattle and Tacoma were idle Thursday after longshore workers took the day off for May Day and to protest the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Cargo sits in the port waiting to be loaded in Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, May 1, 2008. Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers staged a day-long anti-war protest on May Day. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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A cargo ship is guided into the the port of Long Beach under the Vincent Thomas bridge in Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, May 1, 2008. Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers stage day-long anti-war protests to commemorate May Day. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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A cargo ship is guided into the the port of Long Beach under the Vincent Thomas bridge in Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, May 1, 2008. Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers stage day-long anti-war protests to commemorate May Day. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Security personnel watch as a truck is turned away at the closed gates at the entrance to the Port of Los Angeles Thursday May 1, 2008. Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers stage day-long anti-war protests to commemorate May Day. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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A cargo ship sits docked at the Port of Tacoma as a lone truck crosses normally bustling cargo handling lanes Thursday, May 1, 2008 in Tacoma, Wash. The ports of Seattle and Tacoma were idle Thursday after workers took the day off for May Day and to protest the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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A cargo ship sits docked at the Port of Tacoma as the normally bustling cargo handling lanes are quiet Thursday, May 1, 2008 in Tacoma, Wash. The ports of Seattle and Tacoma were idle Thursday after workers took the day off for May Day and to protest the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Trucker Victor Ruano of San Francisco found a closed container terminal at the Port of Oakland and nowhere to drop off his load, due to a shutdown of marine terminals by Longshoreman's Union workers to protest the war in Iraq, Thursday, May 1, 2008 in Oakland,Calif. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas)
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Trucks fill the bays at the truck washing center in Wilmington, Calif., Thursday, May 1, 2008. Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers stage day-long anti-war protests to commemorate May Day. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Adrian Wilson of Oakland, right, and picketers try to dissuade truckers from working today at the Port of Oakland in a show of solidarity with a shutdown of marine terminals by the Longshoreman's Union, Thursday, May 1, 2008 in Oakland,Calif. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas)
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