by admin | Jul 10, 2012 | Fighting for Good Jobs
About 25 members of ILWU Local 12 held an informational picket outside the Southport Lumber Company mill on the North Spit in Coos Bay on Monday, July 9th. ILWU members are protesting the company’s bid to undercut wages and cut staffing at a newly renovated barge...
by admin | Jul 10, 2012 | Featured, June 2012 Dispatcher
These remarks were prepared by President McEllrath for the 35th ILWU Convention that took place on June 4-8 at the Hotel Del Coronado near San Diego, CA. He began by appreciating the International officers who stood by him during three years that were full of...
by admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Surrey, British Columbia – ILWU Local 502 raised $31,502 for the Children’s Hospital and presented the cheque on the annual Telethon in front of millions of viewers on live TV. The number of contributors and the donation amounts keep increasing as several members...
by admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Solidarity
The United Steelworkers (USW) and its global allies are hailing the end of Rio Tinto’s six-month lockout of aluminum smelter workers in Alma, Quebec, as a great victory for the workers and their supporters around the world. A collective agreement that will run...
by admin | Jul 3, 2012 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, June 2012 Dispatcher
On Wednesday, June 13, the employer group the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the ILWU jointly filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against Philippines-based ICTSI, which operates Terminal 6 at the Port of Portland, for violating the longstanding collective...
