by admin | Sep 11, 2013 | Featured
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 | Uncategorized
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
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 | Uncategorized
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 | Featured
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...
by admin | Aug 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Most longshore workers know that our six-year contract with the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) expires next summer. As we prepare for negotiations next spring, the employers have been watching- and testing us. The first test came in 2010, when we took-on Rio...
by admin | Aug 14, 2013 | Featured
ILWU members and pensioners came together on July 5 along the West Coast to remember Bloody Thursday and honor the memory and sacrifice made by the martyrs of the 1934 West Coast Strike—the struggle that gave birth the ILWU and radically improved the wages and...
by admin | Aug 7, 2013 | Featured
PORTLAND, OR (August 7, 2013) – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has filed a lawsuit against the Port of Portland, alleging numerous ongoing violations of the Oregon Public Records Act (“OPRA”). “Oregonians have a right to know how whether the Port of...
by admin | Jul 18, 2013 | Featured
On July 17, Recycling workers who process materials collected from residents in Oakland and other East Bay cities will protested in front of Waste Management’s corporate headquarters at 172 98th Avenue in Oakland, CA. Workers said they are frustrated because Waste...
