by admin | Jun 13, 2011 | Featured
Over two hundred ILWU members, community supporters and labor activists gathered at the University of Washington campus in Seattle to celebrate the lives of Gene Viernes and Silme Domingo, two young, reform-minded officers of Local 37 who were assassinated in...
by admin | Jun 12, 2011 | Featured, Take Action
In 2009, ILWU members and Teamsters joined the Dutch dockers union at a demonstration outside of the Transamerica tower in San Francisco’s financial district. The Dutch dockers’ union, known as FNV Bondgenoten, was demanding the return of pension money from the giant...
by admin | Jun 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Surrey, British Columbia – ILWU local 502 started raising funds for the Vancouver Children’s Hospital three months ago with a goal to at least raise $10,000. The goal was easily met. The response from everyone in the local was so overwhelming that a new target was set...
by admin | Jun 1, 2011 | Featured
By Robert McEllrath, International President, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Two million Americans and counting have been pressed through a system that was supposed to improve our national port security, but hasn’t. Those longshoremen, marine clerks,...
by admin | May 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
Aegon, the company that owns Transamerica, is accused of looting a pension fund in Holland. In 2009, the Dutch dockers union (FNV) and employers came to San Francisco to demand that Aegon return the money. They are coming back for the remaining $400 million that’s...
by admin | May 26, 2011 | Take Action
Friday, June 3, 11:30am – 1:00pm Meet on sidewalk near Salmon Street Springs Fountain SW Salmon St. and SW Naito Parkway, Portland, OR Join ILWU Local 21 and their supporters from across Oregon, Washington and California as we deliver the “Respect the...
by admin | May 20, 2011 | Featured
Issues discussed included port specific problems including jurisdiction, California’s infrastructure problems, discretionary cargo and the widening of the Panama Canal. “Not only was this meeting informative on the important issues facing California’s ports, but we...
by admin | May 20, 2011 | Featured
Throughout its history, the ILWU has been committed to rank and file democracy, social justice, and solidarity with other workers and unions on behalf of economic and social gains for working people. The ILWU’s power rests on the hard work of rank and file members who...
by admin | May 20, 2011 | Featured
Five hundred workers at Rite Aid’s distribution center in Lancaster scored a remarkable victory on May 1st when they reached a tentative agreement on their first contract. On May 12th, a strong majority of employees ratified the three-year agreement that provides...
by admin | May 20, 2011 | Featured
Canada’s 3,500 west coast longshore workers have won a new contract after almost a year and a half of negotiations. The new eight-year agreement was overwhelmingly ratified by members in early May. Key points of the new agreement include: Wage increases averaging 3.5%...
