by admin | Mar 9, 2012 | February 2012 Dispatcher
Hundreds of longshore workers, family and community members gathered at the Maritime Center in Vancouver on Sunday, March 4 to honor the life of ILWU leader Frank Kennedy who passed on February 18. ILWU Canada President Tom Dufresne was among the 18 speakers who...
by admin | Mar 9, 2012 | Featured, February 2012 Dispatcher
As the Dispatcher goes to press, a dramatic escalation is occurring at the Ports of Auckland in New Zealand where 292 striking dockworkers have been notified that they are “redundant” and will be terminated, according to a letter from the private employer who...
by admin | Mar 8, 2012 | February 2012 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
On November 30th, Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, two activists officers from Local 37 were added to the roster of heroes and martyrs of the Bantayog ng Mga Bayani in the Philippines, 30 years after their assassination by an agent of Philippine dictator Ferdinand...
by admin | Mar 8, 2012 | February 2012 Dispatcher
Dozens of delegates, pensioners and supporters gathered on Saturday, March 3 for the Local 6 65th annual convention in Oakland. Disappearing jobs Decades of declining union manufacturing and warehousing jobs have put pressure on the proud Bay Area local that...
by admin | Mar 6, 2012 | Solidarity
International support is pouring for striking dock workers in New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland. The Ports of Auckland is which publically controlled, is pressing for the “casualization” of the port workers. Management is insisting on an end to regular shift schedules,...
by admin | Mar 1, 2012 | Featured, February 2012 Dispatcher
Email messages show awareness that Prosecuting Attorney Susan Baur was overreaching her role; Chief Criminal Deputy Charlie Rosenzweig acknowledged that treatment of ILWU members was “much more affirmative” and “intentional” than standard procedure LONGVIEW, WA...
by admin | Feb 24, 2012 | Helping Our Community, January 2012 Dispatcher
Mark Jurisic, ILWU Local 13 E-Board member, was presented with the LAPD’s “Hero Award” for his act of bravery on September 8th when he stopped to render assistance to an injured pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street. Jurisic was on his way...
by admin | Feb 23, 2012 | January 2012 Dispatcher
The ILWU Local 21 hall in Longview was packed on January 21st with friends and family who gathered together to remember Ron Dalgarno, a longtime Local 21 member who passed away on January 16th at the age of 73. Ron joined ILWU Local 43 in the early 60s when he helped...
by admin | Feb 23, 2012 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, January 2012 Dispatcher
When the grain ship MV Full Sources arrived at EGT’s multinational grain export facility in Longview, Washington, on February 7, it marked a significant victory in one of the most militant labor disputes in recent decades: the fight to keep all major grain export...
by admin | Feb 22, 2012 | Featured, January 2012 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Family Man: Ron Bell (53) is striking for his four daughters’ future. Ron is a stevedore at the Ports of Auckland. He will have worked on the waterfront for 31 years this coming April and has been a union member since he was 17. Photo by Simon OostermanOver 300...
