by admin | May 8, 2012 | Solidarity
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 8, 2012) — With USMX-ILA Master Contract negotiations well underway, ILWU International President Robert McEllrath issued a statement today reiterating the ILWU’s full support of union dockworkers on the East Coast. Recent media reports...
by admin | May 2, 2012 | Events, Featured
The website for the ILWU’s 35th convention has launched. Click here to visit the website to find out more information about that have been planned by the Southern California host committee. Visit the website at http://www.ilwuconvention.com/
by admin | May 2, 2012 | Helping Our Community, May 2012 Dispatcher
British Columbia, Canada – ILWU Local 502 has embarked upon their 2nd annual Children’s Hospital fundraiser. In just a few weeks they raised $15,000 and are well on their way to beat last year’s total of $20,502. A challenge has been issued to all groups and Unions...
by admin | Apr 25, 2012 | Fighting for Good Jobs, Uncategorized
Victoria Leon and Sergio Gonzalez have seen some nasty things at their work. The married couple from Oakland has been employed for the past five years at Waste Management’s Davis Street Transfer Station in San Leandro, where they sift through the stuff that East...
by admin | Apr 23, 2012 | April 2012 Dispatcher, Featured
Rio Tinto executives hoped to score points at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in London on April 19 by boasting that the global mining giant will supply the gold, silver and bronze used in Olympic medals at the London Summer Games. Instead, shareholders heard...
