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...
by admin | Jun 20, 2013 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, June 2013 Dispatcher
Thirty workers at Pacific Tugboat Service (PTS) are now members of the ILWU’s Marine Division, the Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU). On May 30th, the company agreed to recognize the union following a successful organizing effort by PTS workers that was coordinated by IBU...
by admin | Jun 17, 2013 | In the News
PORTLAND, OR (June 17, 2013) – Today, United States District Court Judge Michael W. Mosman issued an order vacating the National Labor Relations Board’s August 13, 2012 decision in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 48, 358 NLRB No. 102 (IBEW,...
by admin | May 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has reiterated its and its member unions’ continuing concern over the unacceptable lockout of workers at the Port of Vancouver, Washington State, USA. The Federation laid out its views on the dispute in a formal...
by admin | May 28, 2013 | Featured, May 2013 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Longshore workers in Oregon and Washington are continuing their round-the-clock fight for a fair contract at grain terminals owned by some of the world’s largest grain corporations nearly a year after negotiations began last August. ILWU workers have exported a...
