by admin | Nov 16, 2010 | November 2010 Dispatcher, Political Action
Former ILWU International President, David Arian, was appointed to the LA Harbor Commission on September 27th by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Arian will fill the vacancy created when former International Vice President Joe Radisich stepped down earlier in September. In...
by admin | Nov 15, 2010 | Featured, November 2010 Dispatcher, Political Action
A potentially devastating piece of legislation that could lower wages for longshore workers was introduced in Congress shortly before the election recess. The legislation, co-authored by Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.), chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and...
by admin | Nov 14, 2010 | November 2010 Dispatcher
Benefits specialist, John M. Castanho, answers some of the most commonly asked questions about our health and pension benefits: When a person begins working as a Longshoreman, at what point do they qualify for health benefits? Per the 2008 Memorandum of Understanding,...
by admin | Nov 7, 2010 | Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2010 Dispatcher
Union members, retirees and community supporters in three cities participated in a national day of action on Oct. 6th in solidarity with Rite Aid workers fighting for a contract in Lancaster, CA. The activists targeted three of Rite Aid’s Board members in in...
by admin | Nov 2, 2010 | Auxilary, November 2010 Dispatcher
The ILWU Federated Executive Board’s biennial meeting convened on October 23rd and 24th at the Airport Hilton in Oakland, CA. Personally or by proxy documentation, representatives from British Columbia, Northern California, Oregon, Southern California and Washington...
by admin | Oct 30, 2010 | Featured, October 2010 Dispatcher, Pensioners, Political Action
The fight to save Social Security was a central theme at the annual ILWU pensioners’ convention, held this year in San Francisco. The convention delegates heard from experts and ILWU officials about the planned assault on the program and after the November elections,...
by admin | Oct 30, 2010 | August 2010 Dispatcher, Helping Our Community, Political Action
ILWU members from Southern California joined a caravan of more than 500 union members who traveled by bus from Los Angeles to Phoenix on July 29th where they marched and rallied against Arizona’s new immigration law – and learned about a new anti-union ballot measure...
by admin | Oct 29, 2010 | August 2010 Dispatcher
On Friday, August 27th, ILWU Local 5 will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a “Rock Out To Walk Out” event. It is also the CD release of the Little Red Album Volume 1, a compilation made up of rank and file workers writing new music to classic union songs...
by admin | Oct 21, 2010 | October 2010 Dispatcher
Rank-and-file leaders and elected officers from across the ILWU gathered in San Diego from September 20th-25th to attend a series of workshops, seminars and to collaborate on interactive group projects. The goal of the week-long Leadership, Education and Development...
by admin | Oct 16, 2010 | October 2010 Dispatcher, Pensioners, Political Action
The Pacific Coast Pensioners Association (PCPA), representing ILWU retirees and their spouses, held its annual convention this year in San Francisco, from September12-15. Local 10 retiree, and San Francisco Pensioners Club President, George Cobbs, hosted the event....
