by admin | Jan 13, 2017 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, January 2017
As the Dispatcher was going to press in Late December, tugboat crews at Foss Maritime Long Beach were trying to renew a contract that expired six months ago on June 30, 2016. “It’s not unusual for negotiations to continue after a contract expires, but the refusal by...
by admin | Oct 7, 2016 | Dispatcher October 2016, Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
JBA Transport workers who haul petroleum coke from California oil refineries to storage facilities and docks voted overwhelmingly to join the ILWU on September 1. Teamster-company deal rejected In the same vote, workers soundly rejected a representation bid from the...
by admin | Mar 29, 2016 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, March 2016 Dispatcher
Americans are beginning to dump our throw-away economy. Curbside recycling is now available in most west coast communities and more than 9,000 cities across America. It’s helping to divert one-third of our waste that used to be burned or buried. Recycling is also good...
by admin | Oct 21, 2015 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, Helping Our Community, October 2015 Dispatcher
An overflow crowd at the Oakland City Council meeting on September 15 heard ILWU leaders taking passionate positions against a controversial coal export terminal that developers and coal industry lobbyists want to build on a private dock with public subsidies. Six...
by admin | Mar 25, 2015 | Featured, February 2015 Dispatcher, Fighting for Good Jobs
Hundreds of Alameda County recycling workers filled the Local 6 union hall on March 1 to celebrate two years of hard work that yielded dramatic improvements in wages, benefits and working conditions –and opened the door to helping new workers organize and join the...
by admin | Mar 3, 2015 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, January 2015 Dispatcher
It wasn’t quick or easy, but the ILWU Longshore Negotiating Committee reached a tentative agreement for a new 5-year contract with the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) on February 20th. ILWU International President Bob McEllrath praised the 16-member Negotiating...
