by admin | Oct 7, 2016 | Dispatcher October 2016, Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
JBA Transport workers who haul petroleum coke from California oil refineries to storage facilities and docks voted overwhelmingly to join the ILWU on September 1. Teamster-company deal rejected In the same vote, workers soundly rejected a representation bid from the...
by admin | Oct 7, 2016 | Dispatcher October 2016, Featured
The 49th annual Pacific Coast Pensioners Association (PCPA) convention met in Tacoma, WA from Sept 12-14. The convention coincided with several events in Tacoma that recognized the important contribution of the longshore labor struggles to the city’s working class...
by admin | Aug 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 11, 2016) – More than 100 delegates from 30 West Coast ports from San Diego, CA to Bellingham, WA, who were elected by rank and file members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), convened this week to consider an...
by admin | Jul 6, 2016 | In the News
West Coast dockworkers will honor an international “day of action” on Thursday, July 7th , by observing an “hour of silence” from 11am to 12 noon, in honor of workers who have died on the docks here and abroad. The International Day of Action is being organized by the...
by admin | Jun 30, 2016 | Featured, Solidarity
ILWU International Secretary-Treasurer Willie Adams led an ILWU delegation to Brisbane, Australia in early May that included Local 20 President Rudy Dorame and Local 30 member Darrell Nichols. The ILWU leaders joined nearly 50 of their counterparts from 11 countries...
