by admin | Jul 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Jun 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
On behalf of the ILWU membership, we are filing an amicus brief to oppose Arizona’s dangerous new immigration law. An amicus brief is a document that is filed in court by someone who is not directly related to the case but has an interest in the matter that it under...
by admin | Jun 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
The ILWU is challenging Arizona’s controversial new immigration law that empowers police to detain anyone they suspect of being in the country without authorization. The law also gives police the right to demand proof of legal residency and creates a new crime for...
by admin | Dec 14, 2007 | Uncategorized
December 14, 2007 On December 6, 1941, Eddie Brooks was a young sailor who visited friends on the battleship Arizona for a boxing workout. Aboard the big ship, he saw Paul Neipp, who had gone to school with him in San Pedro. Their fathers had both been longshoremen,...
by admin | Aug 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
August 10, 2007 By Harvey Schwartz Curator, ILWU Oral History Collection Workers lost an esteemed historian and journalist when David F. Selvin passed away March 6 at the age of 93. More than a great scholar, Selvin was involved in the events he witnessed while...
by admin | Mar 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
March 27, 2006 Introduction by Harvey Schwartz In observance of Black History Month, this issue’s oral history honors Curtis McClain, the union’s International Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus who passed away last November. McClain was the first African American elected...
