by admin | Nov 25, 2014 | November 2014 Dispatcher
Low voter turnout in the November 4 election allowed anti-union politicians to gain control of the U.S. Senate, and defeat many union friendly candidates across the country. Along the West Coast, ILWU members lost some friends – but also scored some gains that could...
by admin | Nov 25, 2014 | Featured, Helping Our Community, November 2014 Dispatcher
On November 25th Southern California ILWU members and their families distributed 1,500 Thanksgiving baskets to families in need. With each basket filled enough food to feed 10 people, an estimated 15,000 people this year were fed as a result of the ILWU’s Feed the...
by admin | Nov 23, 2014 | November 2014 Dispatcher
As this issue of The Dispatcher was going to press in late November, longshore contract talks continued to be productive through the Thanksgiving holiday and were scheduled to immediately resume an intensive schedule in December. One issue impacting the talks is port...
by admin | Nov 13, 2014 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2014, Uncategorized
During the final days of October, two groups of Northern California recycling workers decided that they would no longer tolerate indignities and discrimination from their employers. One group voted overwhelmingly to join the ILWU. Another group – already members of...
by admin | Nov 12, 2014 | Helping Our Community, October 2014
For the fourth straight year, Local 502 members have raised funds for the British Columbia Children’s Hospital. Every year the fundraising effort has beaten previous records. This year the record was beaten by $9,000; Local 502 members raised $41,502 which brings the...
by admin | Nov 12, 2014 | Featured, October 2014
Hundreds of visitors attending the Port of Anacortes “Bier on the Pier” festival and “Floating Boat Show” in early October encountered a giant banner with a hard-hitting message: “Port of Anacortes: blowing your tax dollars, unfair to maintenance workers,...
by admin | Nov 10, 2014 | In the News
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Over the past week, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), which represents over 70 multinational ocean carriers and maritime companies in contract negotiations with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), issued news releases...
by admin | Nov 5, 2014 | Featured
The Panama Canal Pilots’ Union, a part of the ILWU’s Panama Division, is an organization representing 256 professional pilots whose main responsibility is the safe transit of vessels through the Panama Canal. Pilots’ Union recently released a video showing some of...
by admin | Nov 3, 2014 | In the News
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Monday, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), which represents over 70 multinational ocean carriers and maritime companies in contract negotiations with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), began a media offensive against the...
by admin | Oct 31, 2014 | In the News
SAN LEANDRO, CA—Within days of each other last week, two groups of Northern California recycling workers declared they’d had enough of what they see as regimes of indignity and discrimination. One group voted to unionize, and another, already union members,...
