by admin | Mar 9, 2012 | February 2012 Dispatcher
Hundreds of longshore workers, family and community members gathered at the Maritime Center in Vancouver on Sunday, March 4 to honor the life of ILWU leader Frank Kennedy who passed on February 18. ILWU Canada President Tom Dufresne was among the 18 speakers who...
by admin | Mar 9, 2012 | Featured, February 2012 Dispatcher
As the Dispatcher goes to press, a dramatic escalation is occurring at the Ports of Auckland in New Zealand where 292 striking dockworkers have been notified that they are “redundant” and will be terminated, according to a letter from the private employer who...
by admin | Mar 8, 2012 | February 2012 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
On November 30th, Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, two activists officers from Local 37 were added to the roster of heroes and martyrs of the Bantayog ng Mga Bayani in the Philippines, 30 years after their assassination by an agent of Philippine dictator Ferdinand...
by admin | Mar 8, 2012 | February 2012 Dispatcher
Dozens of delegates, pensioners and supporters gathered on Saturday, March 3 for the Local 6 65th annual convention in Oakland. Disappearing jobs Decades of declining union manufacturing and warehousing jobs have put pressure on the proud Bay Area local that...
by admin | Mar 1, 2012 | Featured, February 2012 Dispatcher
Email messages show awareness that Prosecuting Attorney Susan Baur was overreaching her role; Chief Criminal Deputy Charlie Rosenzweig acknowledged that treatment of ILWU members was “much more affirmative” and “intentional” than standard procedure LONGVIEW, WA...
