by admin | Jan 20, 2011 | Featured, January 2011 Dispatcher, Political Action
As we enter 2011, the Dispatcher takes a look back at some of the accomplishments and struggles that ILWU members faced in 2010. Breaking the lockout in Boron One of the largest mining companies in the world – Rio Tinto – tried to take out ILWU Local 30 members last...
by admin | Jan 20, 2011 | Fighting for Good Jobs, January 2011 Dispatcher
Rite Aid workers, union activists and community supporters mobilized for a national “Day of Action” on December 15th to focus attention on the company’s disrespect for workers’ rights. Rite Aid workers in Lancaster, CA, Philadelphia, PA and Cleveland, OH are fighting...
by admin | Jan 19, 2011 | Helping Our Community, January 2011 Dispatcher
Year after year, ILWU members, Auxiliaries and pensioners assist families who are struggling through hard times, especially during the holiday season. With the prolonged recession that has hurt so many workers these past few years, the help that ILWU members gave...
by admin | Jan 18, 2011 | Featured, January 2011 Dispatcher
On the cold afternoon of December 4th, fourth generation Georgia- Pacific (G-P) employee Travis McKinney raised his voice above the frigid wind as he stood with close to one hundred of his co-workers, union allies and community supporters in front of the office at the...
by admin | Jan 18, 2011 | Helping Our Community
Surrey, British Columbia – The longshore brothers and sisters of local ILWU 502 came out to make a difference during the holiday season. Every year hundreds of pounds of food are collected at the union hall for the Surrey Food Bank. This year their initiate took...
by admin | Jan 12, 2011 | Allies
A recent study of the U.S. port trucking industry finds that the nation’s 110,000 port truck drivers, who move millions of cargo containers annually from port cities to store shelves across the country, are highly vulnerable to illegal employment classification...
by admin | Jan 11, 2011 | January 2011 Dispatcher, Political Action
Later this month, President Obama is expected to send the Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement to Congress for ratification. Business leaders are hailing the move as step towards greater bi-partisanship, which these days means Democrats stepping across the aisle...
by admin | Jan 7, 2011 | January 2011 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
ILWU Local 34 retiree Nate Thornton passed away quietly on January 2, but his life was anything but quiet. His political activism spanned seven decades and he was one of the last living survivors of the International Brigades. The International Brigades were military...
by admin | Jan 3, 2011 | Fighting for Good Jobs
Over the past several years, Rite Aid executives have made a number of serious missteps that have hurt the company’s business. The nation’s third-largest retail drug store chain has not made a profit in more than three years, causing investors to suffer heavy losses....
by admin | Dec 29, 2010 | Take Action
January 17, 2011 The Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is a day for public celebration and joining with others to reflect on where we have been and where we need to be going – TOGETHER!!! Join with others – don’t go shopping, don’t sit at...
