by admin | Dec 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
LOS ANGELES, CA – ILWU office clerical workers will work with a federal mediator in order to secure an agreement with employers that protects good jobs from being outsourced from communities surrounding the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The decision to work...
by admin | Dec 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Dear Brothers and Sisters, As you know, members of the Office Clerical Unit (OCU) of Local 63 of the ITF-affiliated International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) have been on strike since 27 November 2012. Dock workers have respected their picket lines,...
by admin | Dec 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Los Angeles CBS News affiliate KCAL9 aired this video last night of employers walking away from the bargaining table with the ILWU while the union was willing to marathon bargain in order to reach an agreement and reopen the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. KCAL...
by admin | Dec 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Attorneys representing workers in Walmart warehouses today announced the filing of a motion to add the retail giant as a defendant in an ongoing federal wage theft lawsuit. If successful, the motion would advance efforts by organized labor to punish Walmart for...
by admin | Dec 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO news release: WASHINGTON, DC — Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) issues this statement on the contract impasse between TTD member International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union...
by admin | Nov 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
The first meeting of the “Sustainable Recycling” campaign in Alameda County was a great success. With thirty-five attendees from eighteen (18) organizations representing a wide assembly of environmental, worker, community, immigrant rights, workplace health and...
