by admin | Nov 22, 2011 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, November 2011 Dispatcher
The ILWU is taking steps to safeguard dockworkers and the public from thousands of potentially explosive refrigerated shipping containers that have been arriving from overseas ports. Killings spark company report The ILWU first learned about the hazard on October 20....
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 | 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...
by admin | Sep 9, 2011 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, September 2011 Dispatcher
Local 6 members at the RockTenn recycling facility in Oakland went on strike for several hours early in the morning on August 30th after the company refused to bargain fairly for a new contract. Workers made the decision to strike after unfair labor practice...
by admin | Jul 29, 2011 | Dispatcher, Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, July/August 2011 Dispatcher
ILWU Local 21 members at the Port of Longview have gained coast- wise solidarity as they’ve raised the stakes in the ongoing dispute with EGT Development, a multinational grain exporter who is trying to interfere with longtime union jurisdiction that’s made the...
