by admin | Aug 9, 2011 | July/August 2011 Dispatcher, Political Action
Local 10 member and CPRB member, Derrick MuhammadLocal 10 member Derrick H. Muhammad was appointed to the Oakland Citizen’s Police Review Board (CPRB) by Mayor Jean Quan. ILWU members played a crucial role in helping Mayor Quan win an upset victory over Don Perata,...
by admin | Aug 9, 2011 | July/August 2011 Dispatcher
In June, Rebecca Schlarb was elected as the business agent for ILWU Local 63. She is the first female to be elected to office at Local 63. She registered as a Marine Clerk under the “Child of Deceased’ program after her father passed away. She has a diverse history as...
by admin | Aug 9, 2011 | Remembering Our History
April 21, 2008 Introduction by Harvey Schwartz Mary Winzig was the founding president of warehouse, retail and allied workers Local 5, which represents employees at the nation’s largest independent book company, Powell’s Books of Portland, Oregon. Mary Winzig was a...
by admin | Aug 8, 2011 | Featured
On Friday, August 5, hundreds of Longshore workers from Longview, Portland and Vancouver hand-delivered copies of the following letter to members of Operating Engineers Local 701 at the OE union hall in Gladstone, Oregon: Dear Brothers and Sisters of IUOE Local 701,...
by admin | Jul 29, 2011 | July/August 2011 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
On June 14th, Local 19 celebrated 125 years of the Seattle Longshore Union. Over 200 people turned out to the event that was held at the SeaTac Doubletree. Coast Committeeman Leal Sundet attended the event along with representatives from ILWU locals through- out the...
by admin | Jul 29, 2011 | Dispatcher, Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, July/August 2011 Dispatcher
ILWU Local 21 members at the Port of Longview have gained coast- wise solidarity as they’ve raised the stakes in the ongoing dispute with EGT Development, a multinational grain exporter who is trying to interfere with longtime union jurisdiction that’s made the...
by admin | Jul 26, 2011 | Featured, July/August 2011 Dispatcher
ILWU members and their families up and down the West Coast gathered to remember “Bloody Thursday” and the martyrs of the 1934 West Coast Waterfront strike, a struggle that would give birth to the ILWU and radically improve wages and working conditions for dock-...
by admin | Jul 25, 2011 | Dispatcher, Featured, July/August 2011 Dispatcher
Late in the morning on June 30th, operations were moving along as usual at Georgia-Pacific’s Kelly Point warehouse at the Port of Portland. Forklift drivers were moving loads of paper products at a brisk pace inside the warehouse, while the parking lot and loading...
by admin | Jul 24, 2011 | July/August 2011 Dispatcher
Rite Aid workers from seven states converged on the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Harris- burg, PA on June 23 to oppose management’s plan that would force employees to pay more for their health care – and show support for a 15-week “unfair labor practice”...
by admin | Jul 23, 2011 | Fighting for Good Jobs
The ILWU, which has a contract with the port and has been recognized as the sole supplier of longshore labor at West Coast ports, is protesting EGT Development’s agreement to use the International Union of Operating Engineers to operate the terminal. An ILWU...
