by admin | Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
ILWU members have some experience with employer lockouts, including the 10-day Longshore lockout in 2002 and the 104-day lockout by Rio Tinto against the families in Boron. But a lockout that lasts 9 months is different, which is the challenge facing dozens of workers...
by admin | Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
As many as 300 jobs that supported union families for 22 years in the Philadelphia area suddenly disappeared last summer when Fresh Del Monte Produce stopped using ILA union workers to unload pineapples, bananas and other fresh fruit at a New Jersey port across from...
by admin | Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Families living around Tesoro’s refinery in Wilmington, CA attended a community forum on Friday, November 19th sponsored by the ILWU and other groups. Concerned residents came to the Banning Community Center at noon where they learned some history about dangerous...
by admin | Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Leading international mining and maritime unions representing millions of workers around the world met in Auckland, New Zealand in early November to plan for the Mining and Maritime Initiatives international conference next year in Durban, South Africa. They discussed...
by admin | Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Southern California harbor area waterfront was changed forever during the early morning hours of November 4th when longshore worker Bert Tufele was killed on the job at the Stevedore Services of America (SSA) Marine Terminal on Pier A in Long Beach. He is believed...
by admin | Dec 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
G. Johnny Parks died on November 27, 2010 after a distinguished life of service to his union, nation and community. Parks was born on January 31, 1922 and raised in Oregon’s rough-and-tumble lumber camps during the Great Depression. He joined the Navy in 1940 where he...
by admin | Dec 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
On Sept. 17th ILWU Local 13 members held their official grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony at their new office building in San Pedro. Several elected officials were on hand to participate in the event and officially welcome Local 13 into their new home. From...
by admin | Nov 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
The nation’s most effective student action network, United Students Against Sweatshops, launched a campaign on October 29th in eight major cities that aims to make Rite Aid executives more respectful toward employees – including better treatment for the 550 workers at...
by admin | Nov 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Anti-union politicians scored dramatic gains across the country in the November 2nd elections, signaling new dangers ahead for working families and union members. While there were some important victories by pro-union candidates and ballot measures on the West Coast,...
