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...
by admin | Apr 1, 2012 | March 2012 Dipatcher, Solidarity
It’s been two years since the Local 30 hall in Boron was buzzing with talk about how to beat a lengthy lockout by the international mining giant, Rio Tinto. “It feels like ‘déjà vu’ all over again,” said Local 30 member Kevin Martz, who came to the union meeting on...
by admin | Apr 1, 2012 | March 2012 Dipatcher
The life of Longshoreman, musician and poet Harry Stamper was celebrated at the ILWU Local 12 hall in Coos Bay, Oregon on March 17. Stamper passed away on March 9 at the age of 67. The celebration featured musicians and poets who shared some of Stamper’s prolific...
by admin | Apr 1, 2012 | Featured, March 2012 Dipatcher, Solidarity
The 292 New Zealand dockworkers who were illegally fired by the Ports of Auckland in the beginning of March scored an important legal victory on March 21st when their employer agreed to withdraw the termination order. The port was forced to reverse course because they...
by admin | Apr 1, 2012 | March 2012 Dipatcher
When security officers working for Kaiser in Oregon wanted to get more training and special certification, the first response from management was, “sorry, there’s no money for training.” That didn’t stop dispatcher/security officer Greg Chavez. He was interested in a...
by admin | Mar 20, 2012 | Solidarity
ILWU members organized a coordinated group of solidarity actions on March 19 to support the 292 workers who were recently – and illegally – sacked by the Ports of Auckland, Ltd. In New Zealand. In each location, ILWU members delivered a letter explaining how the use...
by admin | Mar 16, 2012 | Take Action
Dexter Cato a member of ILWU Local 91 and a life-long resident of San Francisco’s Bayview Hunter’s Point, with the help of scores of community supporters including ILWU members, retook his home that had been foreclosed on by Wells Fargo in 2010. Cato and his family...
