by admin | Aug 7, 2018 | Featured, July/August 2018 Dispatcher
Ship’s parted line snaps back in Longview, ending two lives and impacting many more At the peak of summer on the Columbia River, a ship’s mooring line snapped without warning in the middle of the night, killing two men on the job and injuring two others. Our brothers...
by admin | May 10, 2018 | April 2018 Dispatcher, Featured
An estimated 60 ILWU members attended the semi-annual Labor Notes “Troublemakers” Conference in Chicago on April 6-8. This was the biggest Labor Notes Conference to date, drawing 3,000 rank-and-file union members, leaders and grassroots activists from across the US...
by admin | May 10, 2018 | April 2018 Dispatcher, Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
America’s animal care industry was once dominated by independent veterinarians and support staff. Now the vet industry is being transformed by powerful corporations and Wall Street investors – posing new challenges for both workers and pet owners. Making history On...
by admin | May 10, 2018 | April 2018 Dispatcher, Featured
A delegation of 20 ILWU members traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, where they spent several days honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was assassinated 50 years ago during a bitter strike by sanitation workers on April 4, 1968. The three-day event...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | March 2018 Disapatcher, Uncategorized
On February 22, Local 19’s Education Committee hosted a talk on by ILWU International Secretary Treasurer Willie Adams who discussed the ILWU’s Civil Rights history. Approximately 55 people attended the talk at the Local 19 hall. Adams highlighted the history of the...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Fighting for Good Jobs, March 2018 Disapatcher, Uncategorized
Union officials in Panama and the United States joined together in early March to criticize plans by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) that call for outsourcing tugboat operations. The ILWU International Union and its affiliate, the Panama Canal Pilots Union, joined...
