by admin | Nov 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
PORTLAND, Ore. – Security Officers at the Port of Portland signed an agreement with officials Saturday evening just 12 hours before a looming 6a.m. Sunday strike deadline that threatened to shut the Port over a dispute involving the possible outsourcing of good-paying...
by admin | Nov 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Clerical workers at LA & LB Ports draw the line on outsourcing by big corporations San Pedro, CA – Eight-hundred office and clerical workers employed by international carriers at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have decided to strike if companies continue...
by admin | Nov 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
In the lead-up to Black Friday, Walmart workers – supported by a number of unions – have organized a series of work stoppages to protest low wages and unfair working conditions. Here is an inside account of a day in the life of the strike. On past Black...
by admin | Nov 20, 2012 | Solidarity
After immigrant workers at Northern California’s fast-growing “Mi Pueblo” supermarket chain began to organize for their rights and better working conditions, a crackdown was launched to check their immigration documents. Local 6 members joined a protest on October...
by admin | Nov 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
PORTLAND, OR (November 19, 2012) – After nearly three months of negotiations,the multinational grain corporations operating in the Columbia River and Puget Sound have given local workers a final offer that demands deep concessions from workers, even though the...
by admin | Nov 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
A new report by Josh Bivens and Andrew Fieldhouse of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and The Century Foundation (TCF) shows how ending Bush tax cuts for the richest Americans could lead to 2 million more jobs in 2013 and 1.4 million more jobs in 2014. The EPI/TCF...
by admin | Nov 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
In a desperate attempt to break the solidarity and resolve of striking BCTGM members across the country, Hostess Brands is falsely claiming that its decision to close three of its bakeries—St. Louis, Cincinnati and Seattle—is the result of the nationwide...
by admin | Nov 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
A former Walmart employee was handcuffed Wednesday when he visited his old store to talk to workers about next week’s “Black Friday” strike. Alex Rivera, who was fired in September, told The Nation that Walmart management intentionally misled Orlando police, leading...
by admin | Nov 15, 2012 | Featured, November 2012 Dispatcher, Solidarity
When the Liberian-flagged vessel “Sider Pink” docked in Sacramento on October 9th to take on a load of rice for Libya, it seemed like a routine call. But controversy soon surrounded the ship, triggering action by Local 18 longshore workers and involving inspectors...
by admin | Nov 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Workers to Hold Large Picket Line and Rally at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Response to Increased Retaliation RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Dozens of warehouse workers will walk off the job at a Walmart-contracted warehouse at 8 am Wednesday morning to call for an end to continued...
