by admin | Nov 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
PORTLAND, Ore. – Security Officers at the Port of Portland signed an agreement with officials Saturday evening just 12 hours before a looming 6a.m. Sunday strike deadline that threatened to shut the Port over a dispute involving the possible outsourcing of good-paying...
by admin | Nov 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Clerical workers at LA & LB Ports draw the line on outsourcing by big corporations San Pedro, CA – Eight-hundred office and clerical workers employed by international carriers at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have decided to strike if companies continue...
by admin | Nov 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
In the lead-up to Black Friday, Walmart workers – supported by a number of unions – have organized a series of work stoppages to protest low wages and unfair working conditions. Here is an inside account of a day in the life of the strike. On past Black...
by admin | Nov 20, 2012 | Solidarity
After immigrant workers at Northern California’s fast-growing “Mi Pueblo” supermarket chain began to organize for their rights and better working conditions, a crackdown was launched to check their immigration documents. Local 6 members joined a protest on October...
by admin | Nov 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
PORTLAND, OR (November 19, 2012) – After nearly three months of negotiations,the multinational grain corporations operating in the Columbia River and Puget Sound have given local workers a final offer that demands deep concessions from workers, even though the...
