by admin | Aug 8, 2012 | July/Aug 2012 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
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, July/Aug 2012 Dispatcher
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, Fighting for Good Jobs, July/Aug 2012 Dispatcher
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 | July/Aug 2012 Dispatcher, Solidarity
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...
by admin | Jul 30, 2012 | Solidarity
ILWU members joined other unions and community groups on Saturday, June 30 for a mega-march and rally in downtown Los Angeles that attracted thousands – the largest protest against Wal-Mart in U.S. history. Marchers did their best to blemish Wal-Mart’s 50th...
by admin | Jul 30, 2012 | July/Aug 2012 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
Honoring the fallen: The Local 10 Drill Team stands at attention behind the ceremonial coffins representing Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise who were murdered by police on July 5, 1934 during the waterfront strike.Up and down the West Coast, ILWU members and...
by admin | Jul 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Cowlitz County Prosecuting Attorney has decided to re-try ILWU International President Bob McEllrath on September 26-28, after a jury failed to reach a verdict and judge declared a mistrial in the original trial held in late July. The charges stem from last year’s...
by admin | Jul 21, 2012 | Featured, July/Aug 2012 Dispatcher
Shovels broke ground on Friday, July 13 for a new dispatch hall that was first proposed almost 20 years ago to serve Local 13 members in Wilmington. The new building will be a first-class facility with 32,000 square-feet and a host of modern features. “This new hall...
by admin | Jul 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
PORTLAND, OR (July 19, 2012) — Yesterday’s decision by a Federal District Court in Portland confirms that longshoremen are being unfairly blamed for PMA member carriers leaving the Port of Portland in recent weeks, when the real offender is Philippines-based PMA...
by admin | Jul 20, 2012 | Featured
PORTLAND, OR (July 19, 2012) – After hearing four hours of testimony on July 19th, Judge Michael Simon rejected the bid of ICTSI and the Port of Portland to intervene in the micromanagement of waterfront operations. He rejected three of the four motions in federal...
