by admin | Nov 7, 2010 | Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2010 Dispatcher
Union members, retirees and community supporters in three cities participated in a national day of action on Oct. 6th in solidarity with Rite Aid workers fighting for a contract in Lancaster, CA. The activists targeted three of Rite Aid’s Board members in in...
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 | 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 | Jul 20, 2010 | Fighting for Good Jobs, July 2010 Dispatcher
When dozens of Local 13A members (the “A” is for Allied Division) lost their jobs in May as “coke cutters” at the Tesoro Refinery near the Port of Los Angeles, Local 13 leaders and members jumped into action. They helped organize a labor-community coalition meeting,...
by admin | Jul 20, 2010 | Fighting for Good Jobs, July 2010 Dispatcher
Summer temperatures in the Mojave Desert surrounding Rite Aid’s distribution Center in Lancaster, California are already hotter than 100 degrees, but workers there are turning up the heat on management to negotiate a first contract that’s fair. Contract talks with...
by admin | Jun 25, 2010 | Fighting for Good Jobs, July 2010 Dispatcher
Vincent Atos is a low-key, friendly guy who never concealed the fact that he was gay and a supporter of the union. During his six years as a deckhand with the Blue & Gold Fleet, and three on Hornblower’s Alcatraz run, his co-workers never seemed to mind his “gay”...
