by admin | Sep 16, 2011 | September 2011 Dispatcher
By Bob McEllrath, ILWU International President If you’re a regular reader of The Dispatcher, then you know I don’t write a column unless there’s something important. Now I’ve got some things that I’d like to share with you and other ILWU members. First, the decision...
by admin | Sep 16, 2011 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, September 2011 Dispatcher
Hundreds of port workers and community supporters volunteered to stand in front of a train carrying grain to an outlaw loading facility in Longview, Washington on September 7th. Workers took action to protest the refusal by the big grain company, EGT, to honor...
by admin | Sep 16, 2011 | Featured, September 2011 Dispatcher
The global supply chain has many important links including dockworkers on the West Coast of the U.S. and Canada. But three thousand miles to the south, the Panama Canal remains one of the world’s most vital links and an essential group of workers there has just...
by admin | Sep 10, 2011 | Helping Our Community, September 2011 Dispatcher
Local 23 was honored by the City of Tacoma with the 2011 “City of Destiny” award. The members of Local 23 have long been active in a variety of projects to help make Tacoma a better place. Members and pensioners have been active every month since 1984 at St. Leo’s...
by admin | Sep 10, 2011 | Featured, Political Action, September 2011 Dispatcher
ILWU Local 6 member Arturo Lobato spoke to members of Congress who gathered in Oakland for a town hall meeting on August 16th. The event, called “Speak Out for Good Jobs Now,” was held at the Acts Full Gospel Church in East Oakland. Lobato spoke to House Minority...
by admin | Sep 9, 2011 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, September 2011 Dispatcher
Local 6 members at the RockTenn recycling facility in Oakland went on strike for several hours early in the morning on August 30th after the company refused to bargain fairly for a new contract. Workers made the decision to strike after unfair labor practice...
