by admin | Oct 8, 2010 | Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2010 Dispatcher
In July, 450 workers at the Bayer pharmaceutical plant in Berkeley, CA. heard that that the giant German-based corporation was planning to make layoffs. Within weeks, 29 employees were escorted out of the plant where ILWU Local 6 members have been working since the...
by admin | Oct 7, 2010 | Featured, October 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Since its beginnings in 1537, Peru’s Port of Callao has been flattened by earthquakes and tidal waves, burned by pirates, used as a wartime military fortress, bombed by Spain and occupied by Chile. After each disaster, Callao was rebuilt and continues to be South...
by admin | Aug 28, 2010 | August 2010 Dispatcher, Fighting for Good Jobs
Workers and family members who are fighting to save good jobs at the Tesoro Refinery in Wilmington, CA gathered at Banning Park on August 8th to have a good time – and celebrate their unity and determination to win. Two dozen ILWU members belonging to Local 13’s...
by admin | Aug 20, 2010 | August 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
ILWU officers joined delegates representing millions of workers at the 42nd Congress of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) that was held in Mexico City on August 5-12. The scale of the event was huge with over one thousand delegates from nearly 400...
by admin | Aug 20, 2010 | August 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
In its continued solidarity effort to assist Costa Rican longshore workers, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) filed a petition with the Obama Administration against the government of Costa Rica under the Dominican Republic – Central American Free...