by admin | Jan 31, 2013 | Featured
ILWU Local 13 has represented a dozen commercial fumigators in the Port of Los Angeles since 1990. These members fumigate the fruit that longshoreman discharge at SSAs berth 55 in San Pedro. Late in 2012 one of the members reported contract violations to the union and...
by admin | Jan 30, 2013 | January 2012 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
Local 10 activist Leo Robinson passed away on January 14th at the age of 75, leaving behind a legacy of passionate advocacy for his union, for the working class, the struggle against racism and the battle to end Apartheid in South Africa.Robinson was outspoken and not...
by admin | Jan 30, 2013 | January 2013 Dispatcher, Solidarity
I recently went on a trip to Panama. Before leaving I remembered the Panama Canal Pilots had affiliated with the ILWU. Through friends at the longshore caucus, I made contact with ILWU Vice President Ray Familathe, who was able to get me in contact with a few of the...
by admin | Jan 30, 2013 | January 2013 Dispatcher
Local union officials have announced a membership ratification vote has been scheduled on Wednesday, February 6th for the tentative agreement reached following the 8-day strike that ended on December 4, 2012. The Dispatcher will report on the results in the next...
by admin | Jan 30, 2013 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, January 2013 Dispatcher
It was early in the afternoon of December 29, 2012 at the Pacific Beach Hotel – site of countless rallies and demonstrations led by Local 142. But on this day, instead of chants and slogans there were cheers, hugs, and high-fives. After more than 10 years of struggle,...
by admin | Jan 29, 2013 | In the News
By Camille Beredjick The state of California has ordered a Southern California merchandise-processing warehouse to pay 865 workers more than $1 million in stolen wages. Workers at Quetico, LLC, a warehouse complex in Chino, Calif., are responsible for labeling,...
by admin | Jan 28, 2013 | January 2013 Dispatcher
Local 19 issued a press release in January, affirming their opposition to a new sports stadium being proposed for Seattle’s South of Downtown neighborhood (SoDo). Local 19 isn’t opposed to a new stadium in some other location, but the membership voted against a...
by admin | Jan 10, 2013 | Featured, January 2013 Dispatcher
ILWU members along the Coast banded together to make possible a happy holiday season for thousands of families that are still struggling in an economy that has failed to fully recover from the recent recession. Members, pensioners and auxiliary clubs partnered with...
by admin | Jan 4, 2013 | December 2012, Featured, Helping Our Community
Keith Madding, a member of the Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU), the ILWU’s Marine Division, rescued a man who was struggling to stay afloat in the waters outside of San Francisco Bay. Madding was working on a tugboat named “Guard” during the early morning of October 31....
by admin | Jan 4, 2013 | December 2012
Former Local 13 Vice-President Kevin Robert Schroeder passed away on November 27, 2012, at the age of 58 in San Pedro where he had been a lifelong resident and union leader. Schroeder worked for years as a commercial fisherman, but spent the majority of his working...
