by admin | May 28, 2013 | Featured
On April 18, the ILWU Coast Longshore Caucus approved a solidarity contribution and delegation visit to support a historic strike by dockworkers for better pay and working conditions at the Port of Hong Kong. Up to 450 workers were involved in the job action, making...
by admin | May 28, 2013 | Featured, Uncategorized
Several hundred ILWU members, families, Pensioners, Federated Auxiliary, community supporters and elected officials gathered in Southern California’s harbor area on May 15 to participate in two “First Blood” events honoring the first workers killed during the 1934...
by admin | May 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Walmart employees are on strike in Miami, Massachusetts and the California Bay Area this morning, kicking off what organizers promise will be the first “prolonged strikes” in the retail giant’s history. The union-backed labor group OUR Walmart says that at least a...
by admin | May 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
ILWU International Vice President Ray Familathe along with Local 13 President Chris Viramontes, Local 63 President Mike Podue, Local 94 President Danny Miranda and IBU Regional Director John Skow spoke at the Los Angeles Port Commission meeting on May 16 to express...
by admin | May 20, 2013 | Featured
ILWU members were a prominent part of the Port’s 150th Anniversary celebrations held during the month of April. The Port declared Sunday, April 28 to be “Maritime Day” and sponsored waterfront events that included public tours, exhibits, boat rides, a scavenger hunt,...
by admin | May 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Local 19 members had reason to celebrate on May 15 when the NBA Board of Governors voted down a plan by wealthy investors to relocate the Sacramento Kings basketball team to Seattle’s SoDo (“south of downtown”) area near the docks. Local 19 members worried that the...
by admin | May 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
PORTLAND, OR (May 18, 2013) – A Portland longshore worker is recovering at home after being struck by a Marubeni-Columbia Grain customer that was crossing an ILWU picket line at the Port of Portland on May 16. The worker, a member of ILWU Local 92, was knocked to the...
by admin | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Scrap TWIC? GAO report slams port credential program By Charlie Morasch, Land Line contributing writer Truck drivers and others who work at U.S. ports have grumbled for years about the expenses and hassles of obtaining a Transportation Worker Identification...
by admin | May 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
A 40-day strike of more than 500 dockworkers at the Port of Hong Kong ended yesterday with a settlement that included a 9.8 percent wage increase, non-retaliation against strikers, and a written agreement, all of which had been fiercely resisted by the four...
by admin | May 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hong Kong port strike is over Workers fighting for improved pay and decent working conditions at the Port of Hong Kong have voted to call off their industrial action after accepting an improved wage offer and promises of further negotiations on working conditions – as...
