by admin | Jul 30, 2012 | Solidarity
ILWU members joined other unions and community groups on Saturday, June 30 for a mega-march and rally in downtown Los Angeles that attracted thousands – the largest protest against Wal-Mart in U.S. history. Marchers did their best to blemish Wal-Mart’s 50th...
by admin | Jul 30, 2012 | July/Aug 2012 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
Honoring the fallen: The Local 10 Drill Team stands at attention behind the ceremonial coffins representing Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise who were murdered by police on July 5, 1934 during the waterfront strike.Up and down the West Coast, ILWU members and...
by admin | Jul 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Cowlitz County Prosecuting Attorney has decided to re-try ILWU International President Bob McEllrath on September 26-28, after a jury failed to reach a verdict and judge declared a mistrial in the original trial held in late July. The charges stem from last year’s...
by admin | Jul 21, 2012 | Featured, July/Aug 2012 Dispatcher
Shovels broke ground on Friday, July 13 for a new dispatch hall that was first proposed almost 20 years ago to serve Local 13 members in Wilmington. The new building will be a first-class facility with 32,000 square-feet and a host of modern features. “This new hall...
by admin | Jul 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
PORTLAND, OR (July 19, 2012) — Yesterday’s decision by a Federal District Court in Portland confirms that longshoremen are being unfairly blamed for PMA member carriers leaving the Port of Portland in recent weeks, when the real offender is Philippines-based PMA...
