by admin | Nov 13, 2012 | Solidarity
The Maritime Union held its 4th Triennial Conference in Wellington, New Zealand from 6 November 6 to November 9. The ongoing Ports of Auckland dispute was part of a busy agenda that included other MUNZ campaigns, ranging from opposing port privatization, promoting...
by admin | Nov 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
The ITF continues to maintain its close watch on the situation in the port of Auckland, where earlier this year the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ), backed by the ITF and its global member unions, successfully resisted management plans to steamroller through a...
by admin | Nov 7, 2012 | Political Action
As working families all over the country celebrated President Obama’s re-election last night, we also began mobilizing to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from benefit cuts. Working families need more economic security, not less. But some...
by admin | Nov 7, 2012 | Helping Our Community, Political Action
For the third time in the past 14 years, California voters rejected an attempt—fueled by millions of out-of-state dollars—to shut working people out of the political process when they soundly defeated Proposition 32. California Labor Federation Executive...
by admin | Oct 18, 2012 | October 2012 Dispatcher
John Waddell passed away on June 20. John was known as a dedicated unionist who did an exemplary job as the Area Welfare Director for the Puget Sound and Washington State. John was registered in Local 32 in the Port of Everett, Washington in 1963. During his career he...
by admin | Oct 16, 2012 | Featured, October 2012 Dispatcher, Pensioners
The ILWU’s Pacific Coast Pensioners have been organizing to fight the attempts to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits for many years. They have been sounding the alarm, organizing demonstrations, and lobbying politicians in Washington to preserve the right of...
by admin | Oct 14, 2012 | October 2012 Dispatcher
Members of ILWU Local 63 and pensioners lost a longtime leader on August 29 when Al Perisho passed at the age of 81 surrounded by his family at his Los Alamitos home. Al Perisho was born on September 9, 1931, in Long Beach, California. He graduated from Banning High...
by admin | Sep 28, 2012 | Featured, October 2012 Dispatcher, Solidarity
ILWU International President Robert McEllrath was convicted today of a misdemeanor offense in Longview ,WA for “obstructing a train.” the sentence was one day in jail and a $500 fine. “Fighting for good jobs in America shouldnt be a crime,”...
by admin | Sep 28, 2012 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
Wheat-based bread on Japan’s dinner tables and soy-fed beef in China – These are just two of the rapidly growing trends that are making American and Canadian grain hot export commodities. Thanks to these and other favorable conditions, grain is the new gold for...
by admin | Sep 28, 2012 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, September 2012 Dispatcher
In the June issue of the Dispatcher, we reported that the ILWU and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) had taken the extraordinary step of jointly suing a PMA-member company, ICTSI, for its continued refusal to comply with the Pacific Coast Longshore and Clerks’...
