by admin | Jul 2, 2012 | Featured
LONGVIEW, WA (June 30, 2012) — After two days of trial for a simple misdemeanor, six Cowlitz County jurors Friday could not reach a verdict on the charges of obstructing a train against the ILWU’s International President, Robert McEllrath. McEllrath had peacefully...
by admin | Mar 1, 2012 | Featured, February 2012 Dispatcher
Email messages show awareness that Prosecuting Attorney Susan Baur was overreaching her role; Chief Criminal Deputy Charlie Rosenzweig acknowledged that treatment of ILWU members was “much more affirmative” and “intentional” than standard procedure LONGVIEW, WA...
by admin | Jan 21, 2011 | Events
Twelve-year-old Francisco Gaskin compares the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., and Harry Bridges and the longstanding support of ILWU Local 10 members to the civil rights struggle and to honorary Local 10 member, Martin Luther King Jr. The speech was given on...
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 | 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...
