by admin | Aug 20, 2010 | August 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
In its continued solidarity effort to assist Costa Rican longshore workers, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) filed a petition with the Obama Administration against the government of Costa Rica under the Dominican Republic – Central American Free...
by admin | Jul 24, 2010 | July 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Coast Committeemen Ray Ortiz, Jr. and Leal Sundet met with Peruvian Congressman Luis Negreiros in June to discuss the ongoing attack on union rights in Peru, which is part of an unsettling trend in Latin American ports. One by one, publicly owned ports are being...
by admin | Jul 24, 2010 | July 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
This past June 19th the Mexican miner’s union (Los Mineros) held a National Forum in the town of Cananea, in Mexico’s northern State of Sonora. Chuck Kennedy of ILWU Local 30, himself a miner from Boron, summed up the spirit at the forum, saying: “These miners could...
by admin | Jul 24, 2010 | July 2010 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
Hundreds of ILWU members and families marched on June 19th in Vancouver, Canada to honor the 75th anniversary of a valiant battle by 5,000 longshore workers who were attacked with tear gas and beaten by police on horseback at the Ballantyne docks in 1935. A monument...
by admin | Jul 20, 2010 | Fighting for Good Jobs, July 2010 Dispatcher
When dozens of Local 13A members (the “A” is for Allied Division) lost their jobs in May as “coke cutters” at the Tesoro Refinery near the Port of Los Angeles, Local 13 leaders and members jumped into action. They helped organize a labor-community coalition meeting,...
by admin | Jul 20, 2010 | Fighting for Good Jobs, July 2010 Dispatcher
Summer temperatures in the Mojave Desert surrounding Rite Aid’s distribution Center in Lancaster, California are already hotter than 100 degrees, but workers there are turning up the heat on management to negotiate a first contract that’s fair. Contract talks with...
by admin | Jul 20, 2010 | July 2010 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
Bloody Thursday is more than a memorial to those who gave their lives in the 1934 maritime strike. Bloody Thursday is also a celebration of the victory of that strike. It’s a celebration of all that has come to pass as a result of the sacrifice of men like Nicholas...
by admin | Jun 25, 2010 | Fighting for Good Jobs, July 2010 Dispatcher
Vincent Atos is a low-key, friendly guy who never concealed the fact that he was gay and a supporter of the union. During his six years as a deckhand with the Blue & Gold Fleet, and three on Hornblower’s Alcatraz run, his co-workers never seemed to mind his “gay”...
by admin | Jun 25, 2010 | June 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is asking the Obama administration to investigate the illegal ousting of elected union leaders from Costa Rica’s dockworkers union. Declaring that longshore workers are united beyond international borders, the...
