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...
by admin | Sep 11, 2013 | Featured, September 2013 Dispatcher
In late August, I sent a letter to President Richard Trumka that explained why we were discontinuing our membership in the national AFL-CIO. I encourage you to read my letter so you can understand why I made this difficult decision. We took this action after...
by admin | Sep 10, 2013 | Helping Our Community, September 2013 Dispatcher
ILWU Walk the Coast organizers had two goals for this year’s event: get more locals to participate and raise more money than last year. Both of those goals were achieved. Walk the Coast is an ILWU, coastwise event dedicated to three principles – to raise awareness and...
by admin | Sep 10, 2013 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, September 2013 Dispatcher
Over 200 Oakland recycling workers staged a powerful show of unity and action by striking on Tuesday, July 30. Employees from the City’s two recycling contractors – Waste Management and California Waste Solutions (CWS) – walked off their jobs midway through the...
by admin | Sep 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Filmmaker Nate Sacharow produced this short video on the history of the ILWU Local 56 “shipscalers” who work in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Fifty-Six from Nathan Factor Sacharow on Vimeo.
by admin | Aug 29, 2013 | In the News
PORTLAND, OR (AUGUST 29, 2013) — An Administrative Law Judge for the National Labor Relations Board issued a preliminary decision and recommended order on August 28 that the ILWU is not legally entitled to perform disputed work that is covered by the ILWU’s...
by admin | Aug 14, 2013 | Aug/Sept 2013 Dispatcher, Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
ILWU members and leaders attended a rousing convention in late July to support ILWU Local 56 members, known as the “shipscalers” who have a proud history and are preparing for a tough contract fight this November. History of the “scalers” Today, the “scalers” are...
