by admin | May 8, 2012 | Solidarity
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 8, 2012) — With USMX-ILA Master Contract negotiations well underway, ILWU International President Robert McEllrath issued a statement today reiterating the ILWU’s full support of union dockworkers on the East Coast. Recent media reports...
by admin | May 2, 2012 | Events, Featured
The website for the ILWU’s 35th convention has launched. Click here to visit the website to find out more information about that have been planned by the Southern California host committee. Visit the website at http://www.ilwuconvention.com/
by admin | May 2, 2012 | Helping Our Community, May 2012 Dispatcher
British Columbia, Canada – ILWU Local 502 has embarked upon their 2nd annual Children’s Hospital fundraiser. In just a few weeks they raised $15,000 and are well on their way to beat last year’s total of $20,502. A challenge has been issued to all groups and Unions...
by admin | Apr 25, 2012 | Fighting for Good Jobs, Uncategorized
Victoria Leon and Sergio Gonzalez have seen some nasty things at their work. The married couple from Oakland has been employed for the past five years at Waste Management’s Davis Street Transfer Station in San Leandro, where they sift through the stuff that East...
by admin | Apr 23, 2012 | April 2012 Dispatcher, Featured
Rio Tinto executives hoped to score points at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in London on April 19 by boasting that the global mining giant will supply the gold, silver and bronze used in Olympic medals at the London Summer Games. Instead, shareholders heard...
by admin | Apr 23, 2012 | April 2012 Dispatcher, Solidarity
By early April, union dockworkers were back on the job at the Port of Auckland, following an employer lockout that ended with an order by New Zealand’s Employment Court and a massive show of international solidarity that included help from the ILWU. “Many members of...
by admin | Apr 23, 2012 | April 2012 Dispatcher, Fighting for Good Jobs
Most recycling workers at Waste Management Davis Street facility in the East Bay are being paid a paltry $12.67 an hour or less. It’s less than the Local 6 members need to support their families. On top of the low wages, they had to deal with a dangerous rat...
by admin | Apr 23, 2012 | April 2012 Dispatcher, Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
In the January 2012 issue of the Dispatcher, we reported that EGT had signed a contract with ILWU Local 21, ending a bitter and hard fought labor dispute, but that many legal issues remained unresolved. Legal issues that could not be resolved by a settlement between...
by admin | Apr 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
ILWU Local 21 Vice President (in black sweatshirt), attempting to facilitate a peaceful orderly arrest outside the Cowlitz County Hall of Justice at 2 PM on Friday, September 16. The sheriff, Mark Nelson, ignored the offer, instead sending four law enforcement...
by admin | Apr 9, 2012 | March 2012 Dipatcher
Construction is expected to begin soon on ILWU Local 13’s new dispatch hall now that the entitlement and permitting process for the new building is complete. The new 32,565 square-foot hall will be a state-of-the-art “green” building and will achieve the LEED Gold...
