by admin | Sep 22, 2011 | Featured
TACOMA, WA [September 22, 2011] – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and ILWU Local 21 today responded to ongoing police brutality and harassment related to its labor dispute with EGT Development at the Port of Longview by filing a civil rights lawsuit...
by admin | Sep 22, 2011 | Featured, Uncategorized
Members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) staged a solidartity rally in support of ILWU Local 21 members at the Townsville Port in front of a ship owned by STX Pan Ocean, part owner of EGT. From the MUA website: The Townsville community today rallied in support...
by admin | Sep 16, 2011 | Featured
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
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 | Featured
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
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...
