by admin | Nov 2, 2010 | Auxilary, November 2010 Dispatcher
The ILWU Federated Executive Board’s biennial meeting convened on October 23rd and 24th at the Airport Hilton in Oakland, CA. Personally or by proxy documentation, representatives from British Columbia, Northern California, Oregon, Southern California and Washington...
by admin | Oct 30, 2010 | Featured, October 2010 Dispatcher, Pensioners, Political Action
The fight to save Social Security was a central theme at the annual ILWU pensioners’ convention, held this year in San Francisco. The convention delegates heard from experts and ILWU officials about the planned assault on the program and after the November elections,...
by admin | Oct 30, 2010 | August 2010 Dispatcher, Helping Our Community, Political Action
ILWU members from Southern California joined a caravan of more than 500 union members who traveled by bus from Los Angeles to Phoenix on July 29th where they marched and rallied against Arizona’s new immigration law – and learned about a new anti-union ballot measure...
by admin | Oct 29, 2010 | August 2010 Dispatcher
On Friday, August 27th, ILWU Local 5 will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a “Rock Out To Walk Out” event. It is also the CD release of the Little Red Album Volume 1, a compilation made up of rank and file workers writing new music to classic union songs...
by admin | Oct 21, 2010 | October 2010 Dispatcher
Rank-and-file leaders and elected officers from across the ILWU gathered in San Diego from September 20th-25th to attend a series of workshops, seminars and to collaborate on interactive group projects. The goal of the week-long Leadership, Education and Development...
