by admin | Jan 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Dec 28, 2010 | Featured
Irene Florez has posted an excellent interview with “Isabella,” an ILWU Local 6 member working at an Oakland recycling center. Isabella talks about her job, her union and the upcoming fight for a fair contract. Listen to the interview here.
by admin | Dec 28, 2010 | Featured
This action in Oakland was one of over 40 demonstrations that took place outside of Rite Aid retail drug stores across the country. Workers and community groups came out in solidarity with Rite Aid workers in Lancaster, CA, Cleveland OH, and Philadelphia, PA who are...
by admin | Dec 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
For the past 13 years, Local 13’s Lisa Tonson has been coordinating the Thanksgiving turkey basket giveaway which benefits needy families throughout the Los Angeles area. This year the program was able to distribute 1,500 turkeys to families struggling in these tough...
by admin | Dec 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
This is the third of a three-part series focusing on the recollections of ILWU leaders who made important contributions to the building of the union in Hawaii. It features Carl Damaso, a Filipino immigrant sugar worker whose struggles against the employers in the cane...
by admin | Dec 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
The October issue of the Dispatcher reported that the ILWU Pacific Pensioners Association was sounding the alarm about a potential attack on Social Security by President Obama’s bipartisan Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform which was created to propose ways to...
