by admin | Dec 20, 2012 | Featured
On December 1, ILWU members joined fair trade activists on the US/ Canadian border in Blaine, WA to protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a free trade agreement currently being negotiated by nine...
by admin | Dec 20, 2012 | Featured
Nearly 400 ILWU members, pensioners, students, activists, and community members gathered at the University of Washington in Seattle (UW) to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Harry Bridges Chair in Labor Studies. The celebration included an all-day conference on...
by admin | Dec 4, 2012 | Featured
For immediate release: LOS ANGELES, CA—Four hundred and fifty office clerical workers ended their one-week strike to secure good jobs for working families in the harbor community by winning new protections that will help prevent jobs from being outsourced to Texas,...
by admin | Nov 15, 2012 | Featured
When the Liberian-flagged vessel “Sider Pink” docked in Sacramento on October 9th to take on a load of rice for Libya, it seemed like a routine call. But controversy soon surrounded the ship, triggering action by Local 18 longshore workers and involving inspectors...
by admin | Oct 16, 2012 | Featured
The ILWU’s Pacific Coast Pensioners have been organizing to fight the attempts to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits for many years. They have been sounding the alarm, organizing demonstrations, and lobbying politicians in Washington to preserve the right of...
by admin | Sep 28, 2012 | Featured
ILWU International President Robert McEllrath was convicted today of a misdemeanor offense in Longview ,WA for “obstructing a train.” the sentence was one day in jail and a $500 fine. “Fighting for good jobs in America shouldnt be a crime,”...
