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 | Aug 28, 2010 | August 2010 Dispatcher, Fighting for Good Jobs
Workers and family members who are fighting to save good jobs at the Tesoro Refinery in Wilmington, CA gathered at Banning Park on August 8th to have a good time – and celebrate their unity and determination to win. Two dozen ILWU members belonging to Local 13’s...
by admin | Aug 20, 2010 | August 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
ILWU officers joined delegates representing millions of workers at the 42nd Congress of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) that was held in Mexico City on August 5-12. The scale of the event was huge with over one thousand delegates from nearly 400...
by admin | Aug 20, 2010 | August 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
In its continued solidarity effort to assist Costa Rican longshore workers, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) filed a petition with the Obama Administration against the government of Costa Rica under the Dominican Republic – Central American Free...
