by admin | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, February 2018 Dispatcher
In his new book, Burning Bridges, attorney Peter Afrasiabi introduces us to the relentless, decades-long crusade to discredit and deport ILWU leader Harry Bridges. The book transports readers back to the tumultuous height of the red scare during the 1940’s and 50’s...
by admin | Feb 27, 2018 | February 2018 Dispatcher
Norman “Norm” S. Parks was born on March 7, 1943, into a strong union family with a long legacy in longshoring. His father, Ezra, was a skilled grain “boardman” at Local 8 in Portland who knew how to load grain that arrived onto ships from shoreside elevators that...
by admin | Feb 27, 2018 | Featured, February 2018 Dispatcher, Solidarity
“Good people share and aren’t scared about letting other people have a go,” Paddy Crumlin told a room full of International delegates in London this November. Crumlin is President of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), and he welcomed dozens of youth...
by admin | Feb 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Download the 2018 Convention Call here (PDF).
by admin | Jan 26, 2018 | January 2018 Dispatcher
In 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) that legalized the right of workers to form unions, negotiate contracts and conduct job actions. It also recognized the importance of “union shops” where all workers shared the cost...
