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’...
by admin | Sep 28, 2012 | Featured, Political Action, September 2012 Dispatcher
ILWU members in Southern California are taking the threat posed by the anti-union Prop 32 seriously. In addition to financial contributions made by Locals 13, 63 and 94, members are engaged in mobilization and educational efforts to make sure union members are aware...
by admin | Sep 28, 2012 | September 2012 Dispatcher
Six of the country’s leading maritime labor organizations, American Radio Association, Inlandboatmen’s Union, International Longshoremen’s Association, International Longshore & Warehouse Union, Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association, and International...
by admin | Sep 28, 2012 | Featured, Helping Our Community, September 2012 Dispatcher
The first few moments of the ILWU Walk the Coast event on August 11 caused some apprehension for Local 13 longshoreman Dan Imbagliazzo. More than a year of preparation for the first annual coastwise charity event was about to unfold in the Berth 54/55 waterfront...
by admin | Sep 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
On behalf of International Secretary-Treasurer William Adams, please find enclosed the following documents: 1. Memorandum from Secretary-Treasurer Adams transmitting the International Balloting Committee Report and notice concerning challenges; (PDF) 2. ...
by admin | Sep 7, 2012 | Featured, Solidarity
Click on the link below to download a PDF update from the Maritime Union of New Zealand on the Ports of Auckland dispute. Sept 7 MUNZ Newsletter on the Ports of Auckland dispute (PDF).
by admin | Aug 16, 2012 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
PORTLAND, OR (August 16, 2012) — Today, the ILWU filed a federal lawsuit against the Port of Portland and Bill Wyatt, its Executive Director, for unlawfully gifting nearly $5 million in public funds to a private Philippines-based company, ICTSI Oregon, Inc., and...
