by admin | Sep 28, 2012 | Featured
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 | Uncategorized
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
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
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
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...
by admin | Aug 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
At their annual conference this May, the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association honored the ILWU’s past and present struggles by presenting two awards to ILWU affiliates. During the organization’s well-attended conference awards banquet on May 19th, PNLHA...
by admin | Aug 8, 2012 | Featured
A final contract deal was reached in the early morning hours of July 18 for 42 Golden Gate Ferry District workers who belong to the Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU), the ILWU’s Marine Division. General terms for the agreement were won two months ago when a coalition of 14...
by admin | Aug 8, 2012 | Featured
A large group of ILWU members and allies held a spirited protest outside the offices of “Clean Harbors Los Angeles” on Friday, July 20 to warn the public about the company’s questionable environmental and safety record. Local newspapers and television covered the...
by admin | Aug 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
ILWU members joined other unions and community groups on July 2 to protest the latest “free trade” agreement that’s being quietly negotiated between the US government, Pacific Rim countries and corporate lobbyists. The “Trans-Pacific Partnership,” or TPP, is similar...
