by admin | Nov 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
ILWU pensioners are beginning to get organized in Alaska. It started this past September at the Pacific Coast Pensioners Association Convention where ILWU President Bob McEllrath and Pacific Coast Pensioners President Greg Mitre presented a new charter authorizing...
by admin | Nov 17, 2016 | Featured, Helping Our Community
Radio station KUCB is a relatively small operation compared to her big-city sisters in the Lower 48, but she provides a vital lifeline of news and information for thousands of residents living around the small town of Unalaska and the Port of Dutch Harbor, located in...
by admin | Nov 17, 2016 | Featured, Solidarity
Crewmembers on foreign flagged vessels arriving at West Coast ports have frequently sought help from ILWU members and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) inspectors. “Sometimes we discover that crew members haven’t been paid correctly, or other times...
by admin | Nov 17, 2016 | Dispatcher December 2016, Featured
Donald Trump stunned the political establishment on November 8 with a knockout blow to conventional wisdom and corporate liberalism, delivered by angry working-class voters. “America’s working class has been frozen out or falling behind for three decades while...
by admin | Nov 1, 2016 | In the News
The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) met on November 1st in San Francisco, where discussions were held on the concept of a contract extension. Both parties agreed to resume talks at a future date to be mutually...
