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...
by admin | May 2, 2014 | April 2014 Dispatcher, Featured, Solidarity
Labor contractors on the docks in Buenaventura, the largest port in Colombia, pay $200 for two weeks work loading and unloading ships. They don’t pay cash. On payday, longshoremen have to go to a loanshark, and borrow against the promise of a paycheck, but for...
by admin | May 2, 2014 | April 2014 Dispatcher, Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
Workers at the Delta Western Fuel Terminal, the largest in the remote Alaskan port of Dutch Harbor, voted to unionize in April through the ILWU’s marine division, the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific (IBU). Fuel for the “Deadliest Catch” Located on the rugged and...
