by admin | May 30, 2014 | May 2014 Dispatcher
Book Review Save Our Unions: Dispatches from a Movement in Distress By Steve Early Monthly Review Press, 2013) Veteran labor journalist and rank-and-file union activist, Steve Early, brings over 40 years of experience and insights to his new collection of essays,...
by admin | May 23, 2014 | Featured, May 2014 Dispatcher, Solidarity
A solidarity delegation of members from ILWU Locals 10 and 13 joined the ILWU Longshore Locals from the Pacific Northwest in Portland and Vancouver, WA the weekend of May 3rd to walk the picket line with locked-out members of Locals 4 and 8 who are in a protracted...
by admin | May 22, 2014 | Featured, May 2014 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
With almost 70 years of experience in the ILWU and Bay Area politics, pensioner LeRoy King has built a substantial reputation. On May 17, 2014, he received permanent recognition when the City dedicated their 108 year-old carousel in his honor at a ceremony held in the...
by admin | May 22, 2014 | Featured, Helping Our Community, May 2014 Dispatcher
Residents of Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood woke up Saturday morning, May 3rd, to find dozens of ILWU volunteers busy cleaning their streets, hauling away trash and planting new trees and flowers. Helping those who help us The May 3rd effort was jointly organized by...
by admin | May 19, 2014 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, May 2014 Dispatcher
International President Bob McEllrath led the ILWU’s 16-member Longshore & Clerks Contract Negotiating Committee who sat down with their employer counterparts from the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) on May 12 to negotiate a new pact. The talks are expected to...
by admin | May 18, 2014 | May 2014 Dispatcher
Violence flared at Manila in the Philippines on April 24 when port truckers were attacked while passing out fliers at a facility operated by International Container Terminal Services Incorporated (ICTSI). The Philippine Daily Inquirer said six men were...
