by admin | Aug 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
A tentative agreement for a new contract covering grain terminals in the Pacific Northwest was reached on August 11, by a negotiating committee representing five ILWU local unions: Local 4 in Vancouver, Local 8 in Portland, Local 19 in Seattle, and Local 21 in...
by admin | Aug 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
From the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Scot L. Beckenbaugh, Acting Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), issued the following statement today on a tentative agreement reached just prior to midnight (PST)...
by admin | Jul 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SAN FRANCISCO (July 25, 2014) – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) today issued the following statement: After several days of productive contract talks, both parties concluded...
by admin | Jul 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
SAN FRANCISCO (July 18, 2014) – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) today issued the following statement: After several days of ongoing talks, both parties will break from negotiations next Monday and...
by admin | Jul 16, 2014 | Featured
Twenty-one crewmembers serving on the Liberian-flagged vessel Vega-Reederei have organized a picket line at the Port of Long Beach, CA, to protest their employer’s failure to pay workers for up to four months of back wages. Abuses of seafaring crew are common in the...
by admin | Jul 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
by CAL WINSLOW on July 3, 2014 July 5, 2014 marks the 80th anniversary of “Bloody Thursday”, July 5, 1934, a day that shook San Francisco. The events that day inflamed the working people of San Francisco and the Bay Area. They made the great General Strike of 1934...
by admin | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
SAN FRANCISCO (July 11, 2014) – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) today issued the following statement: The parties have resumed negotiations following a three-day break during which the ILWU was engaged...
by admin | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Ads by Masters, Mates & Pilots and the Inlandboatmen’s Union ‘allege safety, environmental risks brought on by lockout by grain companies,’ reports the Columbian: “Two maritime unions said Monday they’ve launched a radio ad campaign to focus attention on...
by admin | Jul 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
SAN FRANCISCO (July 7, 2014) – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) today issued the following statement: The parties have agreed to take a 72-hour break from negotiations on a new coast-wide contract while...
by admin | Jul 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
SAN FRANCISCO (July 1, 2014) – Negotiations for a new labor contract covering nearly 20,000 dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports will continue to move forward as the existing, six-year coast-wide labor agreement expires today at 5 p.m. PST. While there will be no...
