by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | March 2018 Disapatcher, Uncategorized
On February 22, Local 19’s Education Committee hosted a talk on by ILWU International Secretary Treasurer Willie Adams who discussed the ILWU’s Civil Rights history. Approximately 55 people attended the talk at the Local 19 hall. Adams highlighted the history of the...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Fighting for Good Jobs, March 2018 Disapatcher, Uncategorized
Union officials in Panama and the United States joined together in early March to criticize plans by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) that call for outsourcing tugboat operations. The ILWU International Union and its affiliate, the Panama Canal Pilots Union, joined...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | March 2018 Disapatcher
The ILWU joined a successful effort by the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) to win better working conditions for seafarers in an industry that traditionally shunned unions and abused maritime workers. The agreement also protects dockworkers by...
by admin | Mar 21, 2018 | March 2018 Disapatcher
A showdown took place at the U.S. Supreme Court on February 26 where union advocates squared-off against anti-union lawyers funded by big business. Anti-union argument The fight involved a controversial case called “Janus versus AFSCME,” so named because it was...
by admin | Mar 21, 2018 | Featured, March 2018 Disapatcher
The Zhen Hua 28 left Shanghai in January with four new cranes welded to its frame. On Friday, February 23, it finally reached Commencement Bay as the Port of Tacoma got closer to finishing the $141 million pier remodel that will enable the terminal to berth two 18,000...
