by admin | Jan 21, 2011 | Events
Twelve-year-old Francisco Gaskin compares the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., and Harry Bridges and the longstanding support of ILWU Local 10 members to the civil rights struggle and to honorary Local 10 member, Martin Luther King Jr. The speech was given on...
by admin | Jan 20, 2011 | Featured, January 2011 Dispatcher, Political Action
As we enter 2011, the Dispatcher takes a look back at some of the accomplishments and struggles that ILWU members faced in 2010. Breaking the lockout in Boron One of the largest mining companies in the world – Rio Tinto – tried to take out ILWU Local 30 members last...
by admin | Jan 20, 2011 | Fighting for Good Jobs, January 2011 Dispatcher
Rite Aid workers, union activists and community supporters mobilized for a national “Day of Action” on December 15th to focus attention on the company’s disrespect for workers’ rights. Rite Aid workers in Lancaster, CA, Philadelphia, PA and Cleveland, OH are fighting...
by admin | Jan 19, 2011 | Helping Our Community, January 2011 Dispatcher
Year after year, ILWU members, Auxiliaries and pensioners assist families who are struggling through hard times, especially during the holiday season. With the prolonged recession that has hurt so many workers these past few years, the help that ILWU members gave...
by admin | Jan 18, 2011 | Featured, January 2011 Dispatcher
On the cold afternoon of December 4th, fourth generation Georgia- Pacific (G-P) employee Travis McKinney raised his voice above the frigid wind as he stood with close to one hundred of his co-workers, union allies and community supporters in front of the office at the...
