by admin | May 20, 2013 | Featured, May 2013 Dispatcher
ILWU members were a prominent part of the Port’s 150th Anniversary celebrations held during the month of April. The Port declared Sunday, April 28 to be “Maritime Day” and sponsored waterfront events that included public tours, exhibits, boat rides, a scavenger hunt,...
by admin | May 20, 2013 | May 2013 Dispatcher
Local 19 members had reason to celebrate on May 15 when the NBA Board of Governors voted down a plan by wealthy investors to relocate the Sacramento Kings basketball team to Seattle’s SoDo (“south of downtown”) area near the docks. Local 19 members worried that the...
by admin | May 3, 2013 | April 2013 Dispatcher, Featured
Eighty-one delegates elected from Longshore, Clerk and Foremen Locals attended the Longshore Division Caucus that was convened in San Francisco from April 15-19. Among the key issues discussed were the ongoing lockout of grain handlers in Vancouver, WA; new...
by admin | May 3, 2013 | April 2013 Dispatcher, Featured, Solidarity
As The Dispatcher goes to press, Hong Kong dockworkers are approaching the first month of a strike for better pay and working conditions. The Union of Hong Kong Dockers is squaring-off against one of China’s wealthiest and most powerful tycoons: Li Ka-shing, owner...
by admin | May 3, 2013 | April 2013 Dispatcher, Featured
Dozens of longshore workers joined with ILWU officers on the morning of April 9 in San Francisco to tell waterfront employers: “Stop fooling around with our health benefits and start paying our medical claims!” Dozens of Local 13 members made their point by travelling...
by admin | May 3, 2013 | April 2013 Dispatcher, Featured, Pensioners, Remembering Our History
ILWU Local 13 pensioner Manuel Torres is a decorated World War II veteran. He received the Combat INF Badge, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, WW II Victory Medal, Asia Pacific Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and Occupation of Japan Medal. He never received his Bronze Star from...
