by admin | Oct 3, 2014 | Featured, Helping Our Community, September 2014 Dispatcher
This August “ILWU Walk the Coast” coordinated events in three ports and raised over $70,000 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation with fundraisers sponsored by Locals 13, 63 and 94 in Los Angeles, Local 46 in Port Hueneme, and Local 10 in San Francisco. The Coast...
by admin | Oct 3, 2014 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, September 2014 Dispatcher
ILWU members working at Pacific Northwest grain terminals overwhelmingly voted in favor of ratifying a new contract in late August, ending an 18-month lockout imposed by Mitsui/United Grain in Vancouver, WA and a 15-month lockout by Marubeni/Columbia Grain in...
by admin | Oct 3, 2014 | Events, Featured, Pensioners, September 2014 Dispatcher
The 47th annual Pacific Coast Pensioners Association (PCPA) convention met in Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 15-17. Over 200 members and guests attended this year’s convention. Topics that were discussed included the ongoing Longshore contract negotiations,...
by admin | Sep 15, 2014 | Featured, September 2014 Dispatcher
Thousands of workers and their families turned out for this year’s Labor Day parade and picnic in Wilmington, CA. The annual tradition started with a burrito breakfast at the Longshoreman’s Memorial Hall where 1,500 burritos, courtesy of the Southern California...
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...
