by admin | Aug 15, 2019 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, July/August 2019 Dispatcher
By late 2018, the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific had been bargaining for 2 years to secure a contract for 400 workers at the Alaska Marine Highway System. The IBU represents the largest group of employees among several unions that represent public ferry system...
by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
Eighteen months of difficult negotiations concluded on May 30 with a tentative agreement between ILWU Canada longshore workers and the British Columbia Maritime Employers’ Association (BCMEA). The proposed contract covers almost 7,000 dockworkers employed at...
by admin | Apr 16, 2019 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, March 2019 Dispatcher
Being one of the nation’s largest and most efficient ports has long been a source of pride, good jobs, and prosperity for working-class communities surrounding the mega-port complex of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Despite hard work that set cargo-handling records for...
by admin | Oct 19, 2018 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2018 Dispatcher
When workers go to work during the summer months at Rite Aid’s Distribution Center in the Mojave Desert, their million-square-foot steel building without air conditioning can sometimes feel like an oven. Danger is real Laboring inside hot buildings has long been...
by admin | Aug 16, 2018 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, July/August 2018 Dispatcher
A large group of clients, community leaders, pet owners and union members came out on April 12 to show their support for a successful organizing effort by nearly 100 workers at the Bay Area’s largest animal hospital. The event took place on the sidewalk in front of...
by admin | May 10, 2018 | April 2018 Dispatcher, Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
America’s animal care industry was once dominated by independent veterinarians and support staff. Now the vet industry is being transformed by powerful corporations and Wall Street investors – posing new challenges for both workers and pet owners. Making history On...
