by admin | Oct 31, 2014 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
OAKLAND, CA – A week-long strike by 130 low-wage recycling workers at Waste Management facilities in Oakland and San Leandro ended Thursday afternoon, October 30, after workers secured a contract guaranteeing living wages and affordable family health insurance....
by admin | Oct 29, 2014 | In the News
by DARWIN BOND-GRAHAM It’s 4 AM. The air is cold and damp on 98th Avenue in deep East Oakland, down along the San Francisco Bay’s industrial waterfront. This is a hard geography of concrete and dust and pot-hole riddled roads latticed by train tracks. Much of the...
by admin | Oct 27, 2014 | Fighting for Good Jobs
OAKLAND, CA – A strike that began last Friday by 130 low-wage recycling workers at Waste Management’s East Bay facilities in Oakland and San Leandro is continuing this week with picketers marching as early as 3 a.m. this morning in front of the company’s...
by admin | Oct 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
A strike by 130 recycling workers will hit Waste Management’s East Bay facilities in Oakland and San Leandro beginning at 4am on Friday morning, October 24. Workers and community supporters will march in picket lines at the company’s headquarters at 172 98th Avenue...
by admin | Oct 20, 2014 | Featured, October 2014
Only a few U.S. Senators have consistently stood with the ILWU and working families against powerful corporate interests, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is one of the best. Never afraid to criticize Wall Street or advocate for unions, Sanders in an “independent”...
by admin | Oct 7, 2014 | September 2014 Dispatcher
Former ILWU Research Director Barry Silverman died on August 18, 2014, at the age of 74 due to complications from a brain seizure. His wife, Carolyn his two children, Joshua Silverman and Kerry Fiero were by his side. Silverman was hired by former Inter-national...
by admin | Oct 6, 2014 | Featured, Remembering Our History, September 2014 Dispatcher
ILWU International President Robert McEllrath and International Secretary Treasurer Willie Adams joined San Francisco Port Director Monique Moyer and a host of other officials on September 25 to dedicate the new James R. Herman Cruise Ship Terminal. The $100 million...
by admin | Oct 6, 2014 | Pensioners
[This article originally appeared in the May 2006 edition of the Dispatcher. It was written by Arne Auvinen, President of the Pacific Coast Pensioners from 2003-2006. He passed away on July 31st of this year and was honored at 47th annual PCPA convention held this...
by admin | Oct 3, 2014 | Remembering Our History, September 2014 Dispatcher
[ILWU pensioner Arne Auvien passed away on July 31st. Arne was an active union member who dedicated his life to the ILWU. He was elected to numerous local union positions over his long career and was an active member of the Pacific Coast Pensioners Association in his...
by admin | Oct 3, 2014 | Featured, September 2014 Dispatcher, Solidarity
The campaign by East Bay recycling workers for dramatic wage and benefit improvements continued to make progress in September. Oakland Council OK’s raises On September 22, the Oakland City Council adjusted their future franchise agreements so that two firms will share...
