by admin | May 19, 2014 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, May 2014 Dispatcher
International President Bob McEllrath led the ILWU’s 16-member Longshore & Clerks Contract Negotiating Committee who sat down with their employer counterparts from the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) on May 12 to negotiate a new pact. The talks are expected to...
by admin | May 18, 2014 | May 2014 Dispatcher
Violence flared at Manila in the Philippines on April 24 when port truckers were attacked while passing out fliers at a facility operated by International Container Terminal Services Incorporated (ICTSI). The Philippine Daily Inquirer said six men were...
by admin | May 2, 2014 | April 2014 Dispatcher, Featured, Solidarity
Labor contractors on the docks in Buenaventura, the largest port in Colombia, pay $200 for two weeks work loading and unloading ships. They don’t pay cash. On payday, longshoremen have to go to a loanshark, and borrow against the promise of a paycheck, but for...
by admin | May 2, 2014 | April 2014 Dispatcher, Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
Workers at the Delta Western Fuel Terminal, the largest in the remote Alaskan port of Dutch Harbor, voted to unionize in April through the ILWU’s marine division, the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific (IBU). Fuel for the “Deadliest Catch” Located on the rugged and...
by admin | Apr 6, 2014 | February 2014 Dispatcher
On January 30, workers at Harbor Dental and Associates in Harbor City, CA voted overwhelmingly to be represented by ILWU Local 26. The new ILWU Local 26 Bargaining Unit consists of dental hygienists, dental assistants and receptionists. They work at the Harbor Dental...
by admin | Apr 4, 2014 | March 2014 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
On March 1st, hundreds of well-wishers gathered at the Bayview Boat Club on the San Francisco waterfront to offer a final toast to Local 10 pensioner, Reg Theriault, who passed away on February 15 at the age of 89. In addition to being a longshoreman, Theriault was an...
by admin | Apr 4, 2014 | March 2014 Dispatcher
Thousands of working-class families lined the streets of London’s East End neighborhood on March 24 to honor the passing of Britain’s most militant labor leader of his generation: Bob Crow, who died suddenly at age 52 after a suspected heart attack on March 11. For a...
by admin | Apr 3, 2014 | Featured, March 2014 Dispatcher
Over 220 women from 80 countries gathered in New Delhi, India January 27-28 for a conference organized by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). Representing the Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU) at the conference were IBU Secretary Treasurer Terri Mast, San...
by admin | Apr 2, 2014 | Featured, March 2014 Dispatcher, Solidarity
The ILWU joined other members of International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) on March 20th who organized a protest and negotiating session at the Honduran Embassy in London. “We gathered in London for the ITF Dockers Section meeting to discuss important issues...
by admin | Apr 2, 2014 | Featured, March 2014 Dispatcher
On Tuesday, March 4, workers from Puerto Cortés in Honduras who are union members belonging to the “Sindicato Gremial de Trabajadores del Muelle” (SGTM), established a picket line in front of ICTSI’s Oregon’s operation at Terminal 6 in Portland. SGTM workers held...
