by admin | Nov 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
The ILWU endorsed Norman Solomon for California’s 2nd Congressional District. That seat has long been held by Representative Lynn Woolsey who will be retiring. The congressional district stretches from the north anchorage of the Golden Gate Bridge and up the entire...
by admin | Nov 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Over 90 Southern California union members from over 40 unions traveled to Columbus, Ohio to assist in defeating ballot measure, “Issue 2,” which would have upheld a controversial state law restricting collective bargaining rights for public sector workers. The measure...
by admin | Nov 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
After attending the ILWU’s Leadership, Education and Development Institute (LEAD) last September, Leslie Lincoln, chairwomen of American Radio Association’s (ARA) Education Committee, developed a survey to obtain feedback from members on courses that the ARA could...
by admin | Oct 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
Few labor struggles at home or abroad are being won quickly or easily today. Members of the Mexican Electrical Workers union (SME) proved that point by declaring victory after a difficult two-year fight that pitted their militant union against Mexico’s anti-labor...
by admin | Oct 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
LONGVIEW, WA (October 21, 2011) — The president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 21 today asked Port of Longview commissioners to drop all trespassing charges related to a union demonstration on the afternoon of September 7 on rural Port...
by admin | Oct 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
On October 8, Southwestern Oregon Community College (SWOCC) in Coos Bay dedicated its campus quad to Henry Hansen, the founder of the college, a longshoreman and the first Vice President of ILWU Local 12. The quad, named “Henry Hansen Labor Union Square,” will...
