by admin | Jan 30, 2013 | Featured
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 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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
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 | Featured
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 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Jan 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Twenty-five Security Officers employed by the Port of Portland reached tentative agreement for a new four-year contract on November 24, thanks to good planning and solidarity support from other ILWU members. The new agreement that expires in June, 2015, was ratified...
by admin | Dec 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 21, 2012 Multinational grain industry’s proposal demands more than 750 changes to a contract that’s made the industry successful for the past 80 years PORTLAND, OR (December 21, 2012) – Thousands of members of the International...
by admin | Dec 20, 2012 | Featured
On December 1, ILWU members joined fair trade activists on the US/ Canadian border in Blaine, WA to protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a free trade agreement currently being negotiated by nine...
by admin | Dec 20, 2012 | Featured
Nearly 400 ILWU members, pensioners, students, activists, and community members gathered at the University of Washington in Seattle (UW) to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Harry Bridges Chair in Labor Studies. The celebration included an all-day conference on...
