by admin | Jul 22, 2011 | Solidarity
The following report from Zenkoku-Kowan, the National Federation of Dockworkers’ Unions of Japan presented this report on the earthquake rescue and reconstruction efforts by Japanese dock workers to the ITF Dockers’ section meeting in Buenos Aires that...
by admin | Jul 15, 2011 | Fighting for Good Jobs
The biggest labor dispute in Washington state — spawning one of the more militant union campaigns in decades — is happening right now in Longview. About 100 union members were cited and arrested earlier this week, and yesterday hundreds more crowded onto railroad...
by admin | Jul 13, 2011 | Fighting for Good Jobs
ILWU members continued their protest of proposed hiring policies at the EGT grain terminal, demanding Tuesday at a Port of Longview commissioners’ meeting that union labor be used on all projects on port property. Dan Coffman, president of International Longshore and...
by admin | Jul 12, 2011 | Fighting for Good Jobs
About 100 union dock workers, including union leaders, were arrested Monday afternoon after they tore down a chain-link gate and protested inside the EGT grain terminal at the Port of Longview. In one of the boldest labor demonstrations in recent memory, members of...
by admin | Jun 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
While the official unemployment rate hovers at 9 percent—which doesn’t include workers who are working part-time or have dropped out of the job market entirely—other workers are being squeezed to work harder, longer and faster. It’s no wonder corporate profits are up...
