by admin | Apr 4, 2014 | March 2014 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
On March 1st, hundreds of well-wishers gathered at the Bayview Boat Club on the San Francisco waterfront to offer a final toast to Local 10 pensioner, Reg Theriault, who passed away on February 15 at the age of 89. In addition to being a longshoreman, Theriault was an...
by admin | Apr 4, 2014 | March 2014 Dispatcher
Thousands of working-class families lined the streets of London’s East End neighborhood on March 24 to honor the passing of Britain’s most militant labor leader of his generation: Bob Crow, who died suddenly at age 52 after a suspected heart attack on March 11. For a...
by admin | Apr 3, 2014 | Featured, March 2014 Dispatcher
Over 220 women from 80 countries gathered in New Delhi, India January 27-28 for a conference organized by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). Representing the Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU) at the conference were IBU Secretary Treasurer Terri Mast, San...
by admin | Apr 2, 2014 | Featured, March 2014 Dispatcher, Solidarity
The ILWU joined other members of International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) on March 20th who organized a protest and negotiating session at the Honduran Embassy in London. “We gathered in London for the ITF Dockers Section meeting to discuss important issues...
by admin | Apr 2, 2014 | Featured, March 2014 Dispatcher
On Tuesday, March 4, workers from Puerto Cortés in Honduras who are union members belonging to the “Sindicato Gremial de Trabajadores del Muelle” (SGTM), established a picket line in front of ICTSI’s Oregon’s operation at Terminal 6 in Portland. SGTM workers held...
by admin | Apr 2, 2014 | March 2014 Dispatcher
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) – the rogue Pacific Maritime Association employer operating primarily in Third World ports with one U.S. operation at Terminal 6 in the Port of Portland, OR – reported that company profits shot up 20% in 2013...
