by admin | Sep 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
ILWU Walk the Coast organizers had two goals for this year’s event: get more locals to participate and raise more money than last year. Both of those goals were achieved. Walk the Coast is an ILWU, coastwise event dedicated to three principles – to raise awareness and...
by admin | Sep 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Filmmaker Nate Sacharow produced this short video on the history of the ILWU Local 56 “shipscalers” who work in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Fifty-Six from Nathan Factor Sacharow on Vimeo.
by admin | Aug 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
PORTLAND, OR (AUGUST 29, 2013) — An Administrative Law Judge for the National Labor Relations Board issued a preliminary decision and recommended order on August 28 that the ILWU is not legally entitled to perform disputed work that is covered by the ILWU’s...
by admin | Aug 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Most longshore workers know that our six-year contract with the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) expires next summer. As we prepare for negotiations next spring, the employers have been watching- and testing us. The first test came in 2010, when we took-on Rio...
by admin | Jul 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
PORTLAND, OR (July 15, 2013) – The United States Coast Guard has proposed a so-called “temporary safety zone” on the Columbia River that all but eliminates workers’ speech rights and puts foreign grain conglomerates, including Mitsui and Marubeni, in a protective...
by admin | Jun 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last year’s ILWU “Walk the Coast” event in Southern California raised $95,000 to benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand(ALSF), a charity which fights childhood cancers. This impressive total made ILWU Walk the Coast a Top 100 Fundraiser for ALSF—out of 6,000 participants—in...
