The Occupy movement's plan to shut down every port between San Diego and Alaska today appears headed for failure. Unions - including the Longshoremen - as well as some Occupy activists themselves see the attempt to "occupy" port facilities as self defeating. SF Gate: But unlike last time, when the area's major unions gave tacit or outright approval, many of them see Monday's action as disruptive and unnecessary. And some occupation activists are labeling it as too confrontational, with the protest's potential for violence detracting from Occupy's stated intention of narrowing the chasm between rich and poor. "Support is one thing," Robert McEllrath, president of the International Longshoreman and Warehouse Union, wrote to his members last week. "Outside groups attempting to co-opt our struggle in order to advance a broader agenda is quite another and one that is destructive to our democratic process."Not the 1 percent The Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council's...(Read Full Post)