by admin | Nov 19, 2011 | November 2011 Dispatcher
After attending the ILWU’s Leadership, Education and Development Institute (LEAD) last September, Leslie Lincoln, chairwomen of American Radio Association’s (ARA) Education Committee, developed a survey to obtain feedback from members on courses that the ARA could...
by admin | Nov 9, 2011 | Featured
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (NOVEMBER 9, 2011) – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has announced to its members at 30 West Coast ports the results of an arbitration hearing in which safety procedures designed to protect dockworkers and the public from...
by admin | Oct 24, 2011 | October 2011 Dispatcher
Few labor struggles at home or abroad are being won quickly or easily today. Members of the Mexican Electrical Workers union (SME) proved that point by declaring victory after a difficult two-year fight that pitted their militant union against Mexico’s anti-labor...
by admin | Oct 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
LONGVIEW, WA (October 21, 2011) — The president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 21 today asked Port of Longview commissioners to drop all trespassing charges related to a union demonstration on the afternoon of September 7 on rural Port...
by admin | Oct 21, 2011 | Featured, October 2011 Dispatcher, Pensioners
The banner of the Pacific Coast Pensioners Association reads: “Retired from the job…not from the struggle.” That same working class ideology was on display during the PCPA Convention from September 19 – 21, 2011 in Seattle, WA. Pensioners from up and down the...
by admin | Oct 19, 2011 | Featured, October 2011 Dispatcher
Enraged shouts broke the silence outside Georgia- Pacific’s Kelly Point warehouse facility in Portland on the afternoon of September 9th when workers halted operations and called a strike to protest unfair labor practices. “They want to cut just about everything you...
by admin | Oct 19, 2011 | October 2011 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
On October 8, Southwestern Oregon Community College (SWOCC) in Coos Bay dedicated its campus quad to Henry Hansen, the founder of the college, a longshoreman and the first Vice President of ILWU Local 12. The quad, named “Henry Hansen Labor Union Square,” will...
by admin | Oct 19, 2011 | Featured
PORTLAND, OR (October 19, 2011) — The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Locals 4, 8, 19, and 23 voted to ratify the tentative agreement that was reached with the Pacific Northwest Grain Elevator Operators on September 14, 2011. The 2011-2012...
by admin | Oct 19, 2011 | Helping Our Community, October 2011 Dispatcher
The problem of air pollution around the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach generated a standing-room-only crowd at a community forum that was held in Paramount on October 6. ILWU Coast Safety Committee Chair Tim Podue and Local 13 volunteer Donovan Russell attended...
by admin | Oct 19, 2011 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2011 Dispatcher
ILWU Local 21 members are continuing their fight for fairness at the EGT grain terminal in Longview, Washington, where the high-stakes struggle continues to generate some dramatic twists and turns. “The fight for justice in Longview involves a lot more than just our...
