by admin | Feb 10, 2012 | Featured
Longview, Washington – Today representatives from EGT, LLC and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) signed a collective bargaining agreement covering landside and shipside operations at EGT’s grain terminal at the Port of Longview. The agreement,...
by admin | Feb 6, 2012 | Featured
Longview, Washington – Today officials from EGT, LLC and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced the scheduled arrival of the first export vessel at the EGT terminal on Tuesday, February 7. The ship’s arrival is an important milestone in the...
by admin | Feb 2, 2012 | Featured
LONGVIEW, WA (February 2, 1012) — ILWU leaders today said that the county prosecutors’ office needs to stop wasting taxpayer dollars attempting to prosecute local workers and their supporters for exercising their First Amendment rights during a labor...
by admin | Feb 2, 2012 | Featured
LONGVIEW, WA (February 2, 2012) – On Wednesday, EGT voluntarily recognized International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 21 as the bargaining representative for its grain handler employees on the vessel and in its facility in the Port of Longview. On Monday and...
by admin | Jan 6, 2012 | Featured
IBU members hold the line against Georgia Pacific In our January issue, the Dispatcher reported on 80 Portland-area warehouse workers who were fighting for safe jobs, healthy families and retirement security. At that time, they had been bargaining for a fair...
by admin | Jan 6, 2012 | Featured
When we take our garbage and recycling to the curb, most of us give little thought to what happens next. Two hundred ILWU members in the Bay Area waste industry are mobilizing to change that by making the public more aware – and their employer more accountable for the...
