by admin | May 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
Aegon, the company that owns Transamerica, is accused of looting a pension fund in Holland. In 2009, the Dutch dockers union (FNV) and employers came to San Francisco to demand that Aegon return the money. They are coming back for the remaining $400 million that’s...
by admin | May 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
April 28th is Workers’ Memorial Day, a time to remember the thousands of workers killed on the job every year and the tens of thousands more who die of occupational diseases. The AFL-CIO is calling for strengthening of workplace safety laws in a new report: Death on...
by admin | May 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
The recent victory for Rite Aid workers in Lancaster, CA was featured on The Union Edge Talk Radio Show. Click here to listen to program in its entirety.
by admin | Apr 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
In a 1936 speech, President Franklin Roosevelt denounced the attempts by employers to coerce workers into voting for a candidate by threatening their jobs. That tactic is what the Koch Brothers have been accused of doing in a recent article published in The Nation by...
by admin | Apr 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dear Editor, I’ve been watching the situation in Wisconsin where thousands of working class families and union members are protesting in the capitol and marching on the streets against Governor Walker. Seeing this made me wonder how an anti-union Governor could...
by admin | Apr 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
ILWU’s International Executive Board met April 7-8 in San Francisco where they approved a $10,000 donation for earthquake victims in Japan. Additional contributions of $10,000 came from the ILWU Longshore Division along with a generous $15,000 contribution from...
