by admin | Oct 19, 2011 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2011 Dispatcher
A new contract covering 420 Local 6 members at the Bayer HealthCare plant in Berkeley, California was reached on September 30 and ratified by 70% of workers on October 12. Significant improvements The new four-year contract includes better job security, annual raises...
by admin | Oct 11, 2011 | October 2011 Dispatcher
At its October 6 Board of Directors meeting, the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) awarded an exclusive 5-year contract for San Francisco Bay Ferry services to Blue & Gold Fleet (B&GF). San Francisco Bay Ferry, which...
by admin | Oct 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
TACOMA, WA — The U.S. District Court in Tacoma today made a specific finding that EGT’s lease at the port of Longview incorporates the ILWU Local 21 working agreement, explaining on Page 9 of today’s decision: “Here, the parties were acutely...
by admin | Oct 6, 2011 | Featured
Sitting in a rattling cage — 110 feet in the air — is Bill Galea’s job description. He’s a container crane operator at the Port of Oakland, the fifth busiest container port in the country. Cars, clothes, electronics, food — if you bought...
by admin | Oct 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
A new agreement covering 420 pharmaceutical workers at the Bayer HealthCare plant in Berkeley, California has been reached following two months of difficult negotiations. The proposal includes better job security measures, controls on health care insurance costs,...
