by admin | Aug 14, 2013 | Aug/Sept 2013 Dispatcher
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 | Aug/Sept 2013 Dispatcher, Featured, Remembering Our History
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, Fighting for Good Jobs
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...
by admin | Jul 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
PORTLAND, OR (July 15, 2013) – The United States Coast Guard has proposed a so-called “temporary safety zone” on the Columbia River that all but eliminates workers’ speech rights and puts foreign grain conglomerates, including Mitsui and Marubeni, in a protective...
by admin | Jun 24, 2013 | Helping Our Community, June 2013 Dispatcher
Last year’s ILWU “Walk the Coast” event in Southern California raised $95,000 to benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand(ALSF), a charity which fights childhood cancers. This impressive total made ILWU Walk the Coast a Top 100 Fundraiser for ALSF—out of 6,000 participants—in...
by admin | Jun 24, 2013 | June 2013 Dispatcher
A group of Emergency Medical Technician (EMTs) who keep Portland residents and visitors safe at the Convention Center and other public facilities recently won a victory for themselves and the public they serve by joining the ILWU. After years of working alongside ILWU...
by admin | Jun 24, 2013 | June 2013 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
Bill’s ILWU career spanned a period of almost 40 years between 1951 until his retirement in 1992. He served as Executive Board member and Vice-President of the old Vancouver Deepsea Local 501, and was elected to serve as Business Agent for 17 years in the amalgamated...
by admin | Jun 24, 2013 | Featured, June 2013 Dispatcher
Every longshore worker already knows what government investigators recently told Congress: the TWIC system is a failure. GAO flunks TWIC A report released in early May by the Government Accounting Office (GAO) confirmed the failure of expensive new scanners that were...
by admin | Jun 21, 2013 | June 2013 Dispatcher, Political Action
The Longshore Division Coast Committee, ILWU International officers, and Longshore Legislative Action Committee members and Pensioners gathered on May 20-24 for the union’s 2013 Legislative Conference in Washington, DC. The goal was to convey the concerns of Longshore...
