Saturday morning brought a crisp, brilliant winter sunshine that sparkled across the waters of New York Harbor. At Red Hook Pier 42, the rusted chains and yellow federal padlock notices had been permanently removed. A crowd of over five hundred dockworkers, machinists, longshoremen, and their families gathered outside the main terminal gates, wearing their union jackets and wool watch caps, their faces radiant with triumphant pride. A massive white banner…
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