by admin | Oct 12, 2010 | October 2010 Dispatcher, Pensioners, Remembering Our History
On March 22, 1986 the Tacoma local held their first memorial service for the 1886 founding members as well as for pensioners, widows and actives who passed away in 1986. Dozens of old timers and actives from Tacoma and Seattle attended. Every March 22 since 1986,...
by admin | Oct 11, 2010 | October 2010 Dispatcher, Pensioners
One of the tasks I perform is keeping in touch with pensioners from other unions from here in the US and from other nations. I’ve learned not all of them have the same level of support from the active workforce that we in the Pacific Coast Pensioners Association...
by admin | Oct 10, 2010 | October 2010 Dispatcher
For the first time, the women of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) organized a conference designed to honor and inspire women to step up into union leadership. More than 100 women from the Southern California longshore and warehouse divisions of...
by admin | Oct 8, 2010 | Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2010 Dispatcher
In July, 450 workers at the Bayer pharmaceutical plant in Berkeley, CA. heard that that the giant German-based corporation was planning to make layoffs. Within weeks, 29 employees were escorted out of the plant where ILWU Local 6 members have been working since the...
by admin | Oct 7, 2010 | Featured, October 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Since its beginnings in 1537, Peru’s Port of Callao has been flattened by earthquakes and tidal waves, burned by pirates, used as a wartime military fortress, bombed by Spain and occupied by Chile. After each disaster, Callao was rebuilt and continues to be South...
