by admin | May 20, 2011 | Featured, May 2011 Dispatcher
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, May 2011 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
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, May 2011 Dispatcher
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, May 2011 Dispatcher
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%...
by admin | May 18, 2011 | Events
On July 9th at 1p.m. and 3p.m., the Labor Archives and Research Center in partnership with Flyaway Productions, choreographer , Jo Kreiter, and composer Pamela Z, will premiere Sympathetic. The Labor Archives commissioned Flyaway Productions to create a unique...
by admin | May 12, 2011 | Solidarity
April 28th is Workers’ Memorial Day, a time to remember the thousands of workers killed on the job every year and the tens of thousands more who die of occupational diseases. The AFL-CIO is calling for strengthening of workplace safety laws in a new report: Death on...
by admin | May 9, 2011 | Solidarity
The recent victory for Rite Aid workers in Lancaster, CA was featured on The Union Edge Talk Radio Show. Click here to listen to program in its entirety.
by admin | May 4, 2011 | Events
Two ILWU officials from Southern California will be honored at upcoming events. ILWU Local 13 President JoJo Cortez will be honored at the Miguel Contreras Cinco De Mayo Celebration by the LA County Federation of Labor. This event will take place on Weds, May 4 at 5...
by admin | Apr 29, 2011 | Events
ILWU members have been invited to participate in the 2011 Summer Institute for Union Women (SIUW)—four days of stimulating and challenging education, skill building, and solidarity in Honolulu, Hawaii. Participation is open to women from all ILWU units statewide. All...
by admin | Apr 26, 2011 | Political Action
In a 1936 speech, President Franklin Roosevelt denounced the attempts by employers to coerce workers into voting for a candidate by threatening their jobs. That tactic is what the Koch Brothers have been accused of doing in a recent article published in The Nation by...
