by admin | Feb 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
The life of ILWU Local 34 and Lincoln Brigade member Nate Thornton will be honored on Saturday, March 6 in Berkeley. Please join us and share your memories of Nate. Saturday, March 6 at 2 PM Finnish Hall 1819 10th ST Berkeley CA
by admin | Feb 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
Let’s support the struggle for justice by Rite Aid workers! Rite Aid, the nation’s third-largest retail drug chain, has been struggling financially for years. Yet, despite management’s serious and costly mistakes – which have left the company deeply in debt – Rite Aid...
by admin | Feb 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
ILWU Local 13 recently became a sponsor of 22 Southern California museums. The first “fully sponsored” episode of California Adventure TV sponsored by Local 13 members recently aired on KCAL 9. Local 13 is proud to support education and the arts in in Southern...
by admin | Jan 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Manny Armenta, a sub-district director for the United Steelworkers (USW) in Albuquerque, NM, was arrested on January 24, while on his way to meet with attorneys for the Mexican mineworkers’ union, Los Mineros. The USW has been supporting the mineworkers who...
by admin | Jan 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
Representatives of the ICEM (International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions) are meeting this week in San Francisco, CA at an event hosted by the ILWU. The ICEM is a global federation of trade unions representing composed of 467...
by admin | Jan 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
ILWU pensioners Herb Mills from Local 10 and Nick Granich from Local 34 attended a ceremony at San Francisco’s City Hall on May 13th, 2010, marking the 50th anniversary of a protest by students and trade unionists that changed history. In 1960, the United States was...
