by admin | Apr 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
When security officers working for Kaiser in Oregon wanted to get more training and special certification, the first response from management was, “sorry, there’s no money for training.” That didn’t stop dispatcher/security officer Greg Chavez. He was interested in a...
by admin | Mar 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
ILWU members organized a coordinated group of solidarity actions on March 19 to support the 292 workers who were recently – and illegally – sacked by the Ports of Auckland, Ltd. In New Zealand. In each location, ILWU members delivered a letter explaining how the use...
by admin | Mar 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Hundreds of longshore workers, family and community members gathered at the Maritime Center in Vancouver on Sunday, March 4 to honor the life of ILWU leader Frank Kennedy who passed on February 18. ILWU Canada President Tom Dufresne was among the 18 speakers who...
by admin | Mar 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
On November 30th, Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, two activists officers from Local 37 were added to the roster of heroes and martyrs of the Bantayog ng Mga Bayani in the Philippines, 30 years after their assassination by an agent of Philippine dictator Ferdinand...
by admin | Mar 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Dozens of delegates, pensioners and supporters gathered on Saturday, March 3 for the Local 6 65th annual convention in Oakland. Disappearing jobs Decades of declining union manufacturing and warehousing jobs have put pressure on the proud Bay Area local that...
by admin | Mar 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
International support is pouring for striking dock workers in New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland. The Ports of Auckland is which publically controlled, is pressing for the “casualization” of the port workers. Management is insisting on an end to regular shift schedules,...
