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...
by admin | Feb 22, 2012 | Dispatcher, January 2012 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Australian dock workers in the ports of Adelaide and Melbourne returned to work after a negotiated ceasefire between workers belonging to the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and terminal operator, Dubai Ports World (DP World). A series of job actions and retaliatory...
by admin | Feb 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
LONGVIEW, WA (February 17, 2012) — The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is calling on Sue Baur, the Cowlitz County Prosecuting Attorney, to cease her personal vendetta against union members and their supporters, who continue to face criminal charges...
by admin | Feb 21, 2012 | Featured, January 2012 Dispatcher
Students at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, who stood with ILWU in the fight with Rite Aid, helped food service workers in the Dominican Republic who are fighting to win union recognition from food-service giant Sodexo. ILWU Local 19 members joined the...
by admin | Feb 19, 2012 | January 2012 Dispatcher, Pensioners
Jean Stanek retired at the beginning of the year, making her the first woman pensioner from ILWU Local 4. The Vancouver, WA native joined the local in 1988 at the urging of other Local 4 members who knew her from her waitressing job. “I was born and raised in...
