by admin | Jul 10, 2012 | Fighting for Good Jobs
About 25 members of ILWU Local 12 held an informational picket outside the Southport Lumber Company mill on the North Spit in Coos Bay on Monday, July 9th. ILWU members are protesting the company’s bid to undercut wages and cut staffing at a newly renovated barge...
by admin | Jul 3, 2012 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, June 2012 Dispatcher
On Wednesday, June 13, the employer group the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the ILWU jointly filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against Philippines-based ICTSI, which operates Terminal 6 at the Port of Portland, for violating the longstanding collective...
by admin | May 23, 2012 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, May 2012 Dispatcher
When the world fastest sailboats – owned by some of the world’s richest men – come to the “Americas Cup” race in San Francisco during the summer of 2012 & 2013, ILWU members will probably hold many of the waterfront jobs. A team effort That’s because a framework...
by admin | May 23, 2012 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, May 2012 Dispatcher
Over 130 International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) members from Southern California demonstrated outside the offices of Harley Marine, Westoil/Millennium on Friday, May 4. The demonstration sent a clear message that the ILWU family is united in support of the...
by admin | May 23, 2012 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, May 2012 Dispatcher
After more than a year of bargaining and 48 negotiating sessions, members of the Inlandboatmen’s Union and 13 other unions reached a preliminary agreement with the Golden Gate Bridge District that will preserve affordable health benefits. The tentative agreement was...
by admin | Apr 25, 2012 | Fighting for Good Jobs, Uncategorized
Victoria Leon and Sergio Gonzalez have seen some nasty things at their work. The married couple from Oakland has been employed for the past five years at Waste Management’s Davis Street Transfer Station in San Leandro, where they sift through the stuff that East...
