by admin | Jun 24, 2020 | Featured
WASHINGTON, DC – Two U.S. Senators directed harsh words today at foreign-owned grain company officials during the Agriculture Committee’s markup of the Grain Standards Reauthorization Act. Ranking Democrat Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) said, “I have heard troubling...
by admin | Jun 23, 2020 | Featured
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by admin | Jun 20, 2020 | Featured
By Carly Severn, Matthew Green, Beth LaBerge. Vanessa Rancaño Thousands of people filled the streets of Oakland on Friday, June 19 to honor Juneteenth and stand in solidarity with a huge shutdown of the Port of Oakland. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union...
by admin | Jun 16, 2020 | Featured
William “Bill” Carder, who served as the ILWU’s top legal counsel for nearly two decades, passed away on May 21 in Oakland after a long illness at the age of 78. Carder was raised in a Southern California working-class family. His father was a short-order cook who...
by admin | Jun 15, 2020 | Featured
SAN FRANCISCO – ILWU dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports will stop work for eight hours on Friday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth – the date in 1865 when Black slaves in Texas first learned of their emancipation. “Juneteenth has long been recognized by the...
