by admin | Mar 1, 2011 | March 2011 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Hundreds of students, pensioners, workers and allies visited dozens of Rite Aid stores around Valentine’s Day to talk with store managers about the problems many Rite Aid workers are having with the company. Rite Aid is trying to impose significant health insurance...
by admin | Feb 24, 2011 | Featured, Solidarity
61 workers from the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, including 10 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), arrived at the Wisconsin Capitol Building in Madison in a show of solidarity from 850,000 union workers in LA County. The video...
by admin | Feb 23, 2011 | February 2011 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Over 250 student activists from dozens of college campuses across the country converged at the Ohio State University in Columbus for their annual conference in early February. The United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) invited ILWU Vice President Ray Familathe to...
by admin | Feb 23, 2011 | February 2011 Dispatcher, Helping Our Community
Now that the electoral victory in Oakland, CA has been won, the hard work for ILWU members is just beginning. Bay Area ILWU members continue to do their part working with the administration of Mayor Jean Quan to make Oakland a better place. ILWU members volunteered to...
by admin | Feb 23, 2011 | February 2011 Dispatcher, Fighting for Good Jobs
The Southern California harbor area won a major victory on February 1st, when the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to continue with the Main Deepening Channel Dredging project without delay. The project was supported by many in the harbor area including the...
