by admin | Aug 31, 2018 | Featured, Remembering Our History, September 2018
On August 10th at an event held at ILWU Local 19 in Seattle, Coast Committeeman Cam Williams on behalf of the Coast Committee and the Longshore Division, presented a $100,000 check to the University of Washington’s Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies to establish a...
by admin | Aug 31, 2018 | Featured, September 2018
For many years, I’ve shared my thoughts in these President’s Columns, but this one has been the most difficult. By the time you read these words, I’ll be making two big changes in my life; preparing to step down as your President and retiring from the union that I’ve...
by admin | Aug 16, 2018 | Featured, July/August 2018 Dispatcher
More than 20 years ago, The Dispatcher warned that an experiment imposed by a bloody dictatorship would fail. We were right, and the Chilean people are angry. Editor’s note: The following article looks at Chile’s disastrous experiment with privatizing their...
by admin | Aug 16, 2018 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, July/August 2018 Dispatcher
A large group of clients, community leaders, pet owners and union members came out on April 12 to show their support for a successful organizing effort by nearly 100 workers at the Bay Area’s largest animal hospital. The event took place on the sidewalk in front of...
by admin | Aug 16, 2018 | Featured, Helping Our Community, July/August 2018 Dispatcher, Uncategorized
When I arrived for my first meeting of the Tiki Tenants Organizing Committee in Tacoma this past April, a group of 50 people were already gathering in the outdoor courtyard and sitting in a circle of mismatched chairs. I didn’t see anyone I knew, but was quickly...
by admin | Aug 7, 2018 | Featured, July/August 2018 Dispatcher
Ship’s parted line snaps back in Longview, ending two lives and impacting many more At the peak of summer on the Columbia River, a ship’s mooring line snapped without warning in the middle of the night, killing two men on the job and injuring two others. Our brothers...
by admin | Jul 10, 2018 | Featured, Uncategorized
The ILWU’s 37th Convention met in Portland, Oregon on June 4-8. A total of 349 delegates and 40 fraternal delegates attended, along with up to 100 observers who witnessed the triannual meeting. The ILWU convention is the union’s highest decision-making body that meets...
by admin | May 10, 2018 | April 2018 Dispatcher, Featured
An estimated 60 ILWU members attended the semi-annual Labor Notes “Troublemakers” Conference in Chicago on April 6-8. This was the biggest Labor Notes Conference to date, drawing 3,000 rank-and-file union members, leaders and grassroots activists from across the US...
by admin | May 10, 2018 | April 2018 Dispatcher, Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
America’s animal care industry was once dominated by independent veterinarians and support staff. Now the vet industry is being transformed by powerful corporations and Wall Street investors – posing new challenges for both workers and pet owners. Making history On...
by admin | May 10, 2018 | April 2018 Dispatcher, Featured
A delegation of 20 ILWU members traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, where they spent several days honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was assassinated 50 years ago during a bitter strike by sanitation workers on April 4, 1968. The three-day event...
