by admin | Feb 23, 2011 | February 2011 Dispatcher, Helping Our Community
Now that the electoral victory in Oakland, CA has been won, the hard work for ILWU members is just beginning. Bay Area ILWU members continue to do their part working with the administration of Mayor Jean Quan to make Oakland a better place. ILWU members volunteered to...
by admin | Feb 3, 2011 | Helping Our Community
ILWU Local 13 recently became a sponsor of 22 Southern California museums. The first “fully sponsored” episode of California Adventure TV sponsored by Local 13 members recently aired on KCAL 9. Local 13 is proud to support education and the arts in in Southern...
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 | Helping Our Community
Surrey, British Columbia – The longshore brothers and sisters of local ILWU 502 came out to make a difference during the holiday season. Every year hundreds of pounds of food are collected at the union hall for the Surrey Food Bank. This year their initiate took...
by admin | Dec 20, 2010 | December 2010 Dispatcher, Helping Our Community
For the past 13 years, Local 13’s Lisa Tonson has been coordinating the Thanksgiving turkey basket giveaway which benefits needy families throughout the Los Angeles area. This year the program was able to distribute 1,500 turkeys to families struggling in these tough...
by admin | Nov 25, 2010 | Helping Our Community, November 2010 Dispatcher, Political Action
Hundreds of union and community supporters rallied in Oakland on Saturday afternoon, October 23rd at an event attended by ILWU members from Locals 6, 10 and 34 to seek justice for Oscar Grant, an unarmed African-American man killed by a BART transit police officer in...
