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Local 13 pensioner receives replacements for WW II medals destroyed in fire

Local 13 pensioner receives replacements for WW II medals destroyed in fire

by admin | May 3, 2013 | April 2013 Dispatcher, Featured, Pensioners, Remembering Our History

ILWU Local 13 pensioner Manuel Torres is a decorated World War II veteran. He received the Combat INF Badge, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, WW II Victory Medal, Asia Pacific Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and Occupation of Japan Medal. He never received his Bronze Star from...
Fight to protect Social Security, Medicare at the forefront of pensioners’ 45th PCPA Convention

Fight to protect Social Security, Medicare at the forefront of pensioners’ 45th PCPA Convention

by admin | Oct 16, 2012 | Featured, October 2012 Dispatcher, Pensioners

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...
Pensioner Executive Board meets; charters new San Diego group

Pensioner Executive Board meets; charters new San Diego group

by admin | Jul 11, 2012 | June 2012 Dispatcher, Pensioners

Board members of the Pacific Coast Pensioners Association (PCPA) met in San Diego on Sunday, June 10, following the ILWU convention. The first order of business tackled by the board was to issue a charter for the newly-formed San Diego Pensioners group. “It’s always a...
First woman longshoreman from ILWU Local 4 retires

First woman longshoreman from ILWU Local 4 retires

by admin | Feb 19, 2012 | January 2012 Dispatcher, Pensioners

Jean Stanek retired at the beginning of the year, making her the first woman pensioner from ILWU Local 4. The Vancouver, WA native joined the local in 1988 at the urging of other Local 4 members who knew her from her waitressing job. “I was born and raised in...
Pensioners tackle lack of diversity/declining membership

Pensioners tackle lack of diversity/declining membership

by admin | Nov 19, 2011 | Featured, November 2011 Dispatcher, Pensioners

  The PCPA convention was a huge success. Although the turnout was good, more pensioners should have attended. At the PCPA Executive Board meeting that preceded the convention there was discussion relating to the lack of membership diversity. There is a real...
Unity and solidarity were themes at Pacific Coast Pensioners 44th convention

Unity and solidarity were themes at Pacific Coast Pensioners 44th convention

by admin | Oct 21, 2011 | Featured, October 2011 Dispatcher, Pensioners

The banner of the Pacific Coast Pensioners Association reads: “Retired from the job…not from the struggle.” That same working class ideology was on display during the PCPA Convention from September 19 – 21, 2011 in Seattle, WA. Pensioners from up and down the...
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