by admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
Featured Fighting for Good Jobs Local 8 ULP Strike Urges Overseas Employer to Drop Baseless Lawsuit Portland Longhore workers stand up to Japanese company Columbia Export Terminal to drop baseless, $15 million lawsuit against 150 local grainhandlers Pacific Northwest...
by admin | Oct 4, 2021 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, Organizing
ILWU stands behind San Diego warehouse workers seeking union recognitionOctober 4, 2021 10:24 am More than 30 members of ILWU Local 29 in San Diego, CA supported warehouse workers from Four Seasons Fresh Transport as they marched on the boss with a petition asking the...
by admin | Jul 2, 2021 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, Solidarity
Local 6 members at Stratas Foods in Fresno take a stand for fair wagesJuly 2, 2021 12:44 pm Forty-five members from Local 6 in Fresno, CA have been locked out by Stratas Foods since May 4th after workers unanimously rejected the company’s “last, best and final offer.”...
by admin | Jun 30, 2021 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
IBU fights to protect jurisdiction, area wage standards on tugs and barges in LA/Long BeachJune 30, 2021 12:20 pm On May 6th, members of the ILWU’s marine division—the Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU), and ILWU Locals 13, 63, 94, 63 OCU, the Pacific Coast Pensioners...
by admin | May 28, 2021 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, Organizing
ILWU May Day 2021: Remembering the past, fighting for the futureMay 28, 2021 10:46 am From the desert to the docks, ILWU members marked May Day 2021 with a range of celebrations that honored labor history while also looking to current struggles as workers fight to...
by admin | Apr 19, 2021 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, Organizing
Organizing on the moveApril 19, 2021 12:13 pm Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ILWU Organizing Department scored several recent victories in Tacoma, San Francisco, and Southern California. Although the victories occurred in a diverse range of...
