by admin | Nov 17, 2013 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, November 2013 Dispatcher
Thirty-one ILWU members from Local 13’s Allied Division unanimously approved a new 5-year contract in October with Oxbow Carbon & Minerals in Long Beach. The new agreement protects existing standards and includes improvements. “We won a good agreement thanks to...
by admin | Nov 15, 2013 | November 2013 Dispatcher
The 15,300 ILWU Credit Union members in Wilmington have chosen a new President/CEO to run their $138 million operation. Veteran credit union manager Ralph Ruiz has been selected to succeed John Coleman who retired from the position. Ruiz has 23 years of experience,...
by admin | Nov 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
From Lonsghore & Shipping News: Our condolences go out to Mr. López’ family, friends and colleagues. Nuestras condolencias a los familiares, compañeros de trabajo y amigos del señor López. Oscar López Triviño was murdered on November 9 in the Colombian city of...
by admin | Oct 23, 2013 | September 2013 Dispatcher
The death threats against longhsore union leader Victor Crespo started soon after he began organizing workers at Puerto Cortez in Honduras where International Container Terminal Services Incorporated (ICTSI) was awarded a lucrative 30-year contract last February to...
by admin | Oct 23, 2013 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2013 Dispatcher
ILWU Locals 4, 8, 19, 21, and 23 are entering the 14th month of a protracted struggle to get a contract with the Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers’ Association (PNGHA). The companies that make up the PNGHA include Japanese-owned Mitsui/United Grain Corporation (UGC),...
by admin | Oct 21, 2013 | Helping Our Community, October 2013 Dispatcher
ILWU Locals 13, 63 and 94 joined forces once again to sponsor the 9th Annual ILWU Tri Party Golf Challenge on September 6-8. Generous contributions from individuals, combined with financial support from the ILWU International and Coast Committee, made it possible to...
by admin | Oct 15, 2013 | Featured, October 2013 Dispatcher
The slogan of the Pacific Coast Pensioners Association (PCPA) is “Retired from the job, not from the struggle.” And based on the enthusiasm and energy on display at the 46th PCPA convention, those are more than just words on a banner. Over 200 PCPA members and guests...
by admin | Oct 1, 2013 | October 2013 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Hundreds of Southern California ILWU members joined with thousands Southern California workers and their families to celebrate Labor Day at the 34th annual Labor Solidarity March and Picnic in the working class city of Wilmington, CA. Over three dozen unions from all...
by admin | Oct 1, 2013 | Events
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by admin | Oct 1, 2013 | In the News
VANCOUVER, WA (October 1, 2013) – Several members of Congress have asked U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman to use the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement talks to help resolve the months-long lockout of ILWU grain workers in the Pacific Northwest by two...
