by admin | Jan 25, 2011 | June 2010 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
ILWU pensioners Herb Mills from Local 10 and Nick Granich from Local 34 attended a ceremony at San Francisco’s City Hall on May 13th, 2010, marking the 50th anniversary of a protest by students and trade unionists that changed history. In 1960, the United States was...
by admin | Jun 25, 2010 | June 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is asking the Obama administration to investigate the illegal ousting of elected union leaders from Costa Rica’s dockworkers union. Declaring that longshore workers are united beyond international borders, the...
by admin | Jun 25, 2010 | June 2010 Dispatcher
On behalf of the ILWU membership, we are filing an amicus brief to oppose Arizona’s dangerous new immigration law. An amicus brief is a document that is filed in court by someone who is not directly related to the case but has an interest in the matter that it under...
by admin | Jun 25, 2010 | Allies, Helping Our Community, June 2010 Dispatcher, Political Action
The ILWU is challenging Arizona’s controversial new immigration law that empowers police to detain anyone they suspect of being in the country without authorization. The law also gives police the right to demand proof of legal residency and creates a new crime for...
