by admin | Mar 25, 2015 | Featured, February 2015 Dispatcher, Fighting for Good Jobs
Hundreds of Alameda County recycling workers filled the Local 6 union hall on March 1 to celebrate two years of hard work that yielded dramatic improvements in wages, benefits and working conditions –and opened the door to helping new workers organize and join the...
by admin | Mar 24, 2015 | February 2015 Dispatcher
Former ILWU Local 34 President Frank Billeci died on February 1 at the age of 79. Frank was a member of Local 34 for 42 years and served his local in several positions starting in 1969 when he was elected to the Local 34 Investigating Committee. In 1971 he was elected...
by admin | Mar 24, 2015 | Featured, February 2015 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
. The building located at 110 The Embarcadero on the City’s waterfront will become the permanent headquarters of The Commonwealth Club of California. The 112-year old public affairs forum bought the building two-years ago but the project has been delayed by a...
by admin | Mar 19, 2015 | Featured, February 2015 Dispatcher
ILWU members in Portland joined other union and community activists on March 9 to protest the latest “free trade” agreement, called the “Trans-Pacific Partnership” (TPP). Corporate interests are trying to ram the deal through Congress using a process known as “Fast...
by admin | Mar 3, 2015 | Featured, January 2015 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Panama City, Panama – You see a lot of parked taxis in the parking lot at the Panama Ports terminal here. They’re not waiting to give rides to longshoremen. Dockworkers themselves are the drivers. Longshore wages in Panama are so low that after a shift driving a...
by admin | Mar 3, 2015 | January 2015 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Over 6,000 ILWU members and their families, along with community supporters and elected officials marched and rallied through the streets of San Pedro on January 22. The dramatic showing of unity and solidarity was organized by LA City Councilman Joe Buscaino to...
by admin | Mar 3, 2015 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, January 2015 Dispatcher
It wasn’t quick or easy, but the ILWU Longshore Negotiating Committee reached a tentative agreement for a new 5-year contract with the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) on February 20th. ILWU International President Bob McEllrath praised the 16-member Negotiating...
by admin | Mar 2, 2015 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, January 2015 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Hundreds of longshore workers, families, and community supporters held a nighttime rally and march in downtown Tacoma. The goal was to show unity and solidarity for a fair contract – and set the record straight about the companies’ role in causing port congestion and...
by admin | Feb 23, 2015 | In the News
21 February 2015 The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has welcomed a tentative agreement struck between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) on a new five-year contract covering workers at...
by admin | Feb 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 20, 2015) – The Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union today announced a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract covering workers at all 29 West Coast ports. The deal was reached with assistance...
