by admin | Feb 23, 2011 | February 2011 Dispatcher
Solidarity and determination to wage a long fight helped Dutch dockworkers (FNV Bondgenoten) to win back some of the benefits they lost when a giant insurance company, Aegon, tried to rip-off their pensions. On January 12, 2009, General Secretary Niek Stam brought a...
by admin | Feb 23, 2011 | February 2011 Dispatcher
The ILWU has a long and proud tradition of fighting for civil rights. The membership has demanded a principled defense of civil rights and civil liberties for all workers, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, or political point of view even when those stands were...
by admin | Feb 23, 2011 | February 2011 Dispatcher
Dozens of Local 30 members gathered on a cold evening outside Rio Tinto’s main gate to mark the one year anniversary of the 2010 lockout that began last year on January 31st. Members offered their thoughts as it grew dark, making it difficult to see who was speaking,...
by admin | Feb 11, 2011 | February 2011 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Workers in Egypt have played a decisive and under-reported role in helping topple Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak. Union members in textile plants, post offices, sanitation services and the Suez Canal organized job actions across the country on February 9th –...
by admin | Feb 8, 2011 | Featured, February 2011 Dispatcher
Pier 84 at San Francisco’s Islais Creek is home to an aging crane that a coalition of environmentalists and labor groups are trying to preserve. It is the last remaining piece of machinery in the Port of San Francisco that was hand operated by longshoremen working...
