by admin | Sep 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Senior citizen woman sitting on tracks treated abusively by police in riot gear; longshore member who tried to help her is pepper-sprayed while handcuffed LONGVIEW, WA [September 21, 2011] — Dan Coffman, President of ILWU Local 21, two longshore officers and...
by admin | Sep 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
BERKELEY, CA Four-hundred workers at the Bayer Pharmaceutical plant in Berkeley, California are asking the company to honor promises made two years ago when executives accepted taxpayer subsidies in exchange for providing good-paying jobs. Workers have been talking...
by admin | Sep 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Cowlitz County sheriff continues traumatizing union members’ families with “made for TV” arrests LONGVIEW, WA (September 18, 2011) — Cowlitz County Sheriff Mark Nelson on Friday rejected the peaceful surrender of 200 union longshore workers who...
by admin | Sep 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
By Bob McEllrath, ILWU International President If you’re a regular reader of The Dispatcher, then you know I don’t write a column unless there’s something important. Now I’ve got some things that I’d like to share with you and other ILWU members. First, the decision...
by admin | Sep 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Local 23 was honored by the City of Tacoma with the 2011 “City of Destiny” award. The members of Local 23 have long been active in a variety of projects to help make Tacoma a better place. Members and pensioners have been active every month since 1984 at St. Leo’s...
by admin | Sep 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
The International Longshoremen’s Association, AFL-CIO joins in solidarity with our Sisters and Brothers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in condemning the attack by police in riot gear on hundreds of ILWU member-protesters in Washington State...
