by admin | Oct 3, 2014 | Featured, Helping Our Community, September 2014 Dispatcher
This August “ILWU Walk the Coast” coordinated events in three ports and raised over $70,000 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation with fundraisers sponsored by Locals 13, 63 and 94 in Los Angeles, Local 46 in Port Hueneme, and Local 10 in San Francisco. The Coast...
by admin | Oct 3, 2014 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, September 2014 Dispatcher
ILWU members working at Pacific Northwest grain terminals overwhelmingly voted in favor of ratifying a new contract in late August, ending an 18-month lockout imposed by Mitsui/United Grain in Vancouver, WA and a 15-month lockout by Marubeni/Columbia Grain in...
by admin | Oct 3, 2014 | Events, Featured, Pensioners, September 2014 Dispatcher
The 47th annual Pacific Coast Pensioners Association (PCPA) convention met in Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 15-17. Over 200 members and guests attended this year’s convention. Topics that were discussed included the ongoing Longshore contract negotiations,...
by admin | Sep 15, 2014 | Featured, September 2014 Dispatcher
Thousands of workers and their families turned out for this year’s Labor Day parade and picnic in Wilmington, CA. The annual tradition started with a burrito breakfast at the Longshoreman’s Memorial Hall where 1,500 burritos, courtesy of the Southern California...
by admin | Sep 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Thousands of workers marched in the 35th Annual Labor Day Parade in Wilmington, CA on September 1st. CBS-LA was at the event and broadcast the following report on the parade. It includes an interview with Local 13 President Bobby Olvera, Jr. From the CBSLA website:...
by admin | Aug 28, 2014 | Remembering Our History
On the 60th anniversary of the patent of the shipping container, the website, Tomorrow, collects seven stories with different perspectives on shipping containers and how they have changed the world. One of those perspectives is ILWU pensioner and former ILWU Education...
by admin | Aug 27, 2014 | In the News
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 26, 2014) – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) announced today that they have reached a tentative agreement on terms for health benefits, subject to agreement on the other issues...
by admin | Aug 26, 2014 | In the News
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 26, 2014) – Longshore workers who load grain in Pacific Northwest export terminals have voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement with several multinational grain companies. The vote included members of ILWU Local 8 in Portland,...
by admin | Aug 20, 2014 | Featured, Helping Our Community, July/August 2014 Dispatcher
A Vancouver, WA police officer is alive today thanks to the medical training and quick-thinking of ILWU Local 4 longshoreman James Bridger Jr. On June 30th Bridger was leaving his neighborhood when he saw Earlene Anderson holding a police officer in her arms as he...
by admin | Aug 20, 2014 | Aug/Sept 2013 Dispatcher, Events, Pensioners
The 47th Annual Convention of the Pacific Coast Pensioners Association will convene at 9:00 AM on Monday, September 15, and adjourn at about Noon on September 17, 2014. Place: Holiday Inn – Vancouver Centre 711 West Broadway Vancouver, British Columbia Contact your...
