by admin | Oct 19, 2011 | Helping Our Community, October 2011 Dispatcher
The problem of air pollution around the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach generated a standing-room-only crowd at a community forum that was held in Paramount on October 6. ILWU Coast Safety Committee Chair Tim Podue and Local 13 volunteer Donovan Russell attended...
by admin | Oct 19, 2011 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2011 Dispatcher
ILWU Local 21 members are continuing their fight for fairness at the EGT grain terminal in Longview, Washington, where the high-stakes struggle continues to generate some dramatic twists and turns. “The fight for justice in Longview involves a lot more than just our...
by admin | Oct 19, 2011 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2011 Dispatcher
A new contract covering 420 Local 6 members at the Bayer HealthCare plant in Berkeley, California was reached on September 30 and ratified by 70% of workers on October 12. Significant improvements The new four-year contract includes better job security, annual raises...
by admin | Oct 11, 2011 | October 2011 Dispatcher
At its October 6 Board of Directors meeting, the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) awarded an exclusive 5-year contract for San Francisco Bay Ferry services to Blue & Gold Fleet (B&GF). San Francisco Bay Ferry, which...
by admin | Sep 16, 2011 | September 2011 Dispatcher
By Bob McEllrath, ILWU International President If you’re a regular reader of The Dispatcher, then you know I don’t write a column unless there’s something important. Now I’ve got some things that I’d like to share with you and other ILWU members. First, the decision...
by admin | Sep 16, 2011 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, September 2011 Dispatcher
Hundreds of port workers and community supporters volunteered to stand in front of a train carrying grain to an outlaw loading facility in Longview, Washington on September 7th. Workers took action to protest the refusal by the big grain company, EGT, to honor...