by admin | Mar 2, 2015 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, January 2015 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Hundreds of longshore workers, families, and community supporters held a nighttime rally and march in downtown Tacoma. The goal was to show unity and solidarity for a fair contract – and set the record straight about the companies’ role in causing port congestion and...
by admin | Dec 23, 2014 | December 2014 Dispatcher, Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
When the Coast Longshore Caucus recessed last July, most delegates assumed the contract with the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) would be put to bed before Christmas. Instead, delegates who gathered in San Francisco on December 15 heard a sobering report from ILWU...
by admin | Nov 13, 2014 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2014, Uncategorized
During the final days of October, two groups of Northern California recycling workers decided that they would no longer tolerate indignities and discrimination from their employers. One group voted overwhelmingly to join the ILWU. Another group – already members of...
by admin | Oct 31, 2014 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
OAKLAND, CA – A week-long strike by 130 low-wage recycling workers at Waste Management facilities in Oakland and San Leandro ended Thursday afternoon, October 30, after workers secured a contract guaranteeing living wages and affordable family health insurance....
by admin | Oct 27, 2014 | Fighting for Good Jobs
OAKLAND, CA – A strike that began last Friday by 130 low-wage recycling workers at Waste Management’s East Bay facilities in Oakland and San Leandro is continuing this week with picketers marching as early as 3 a.m. this morning in front of the company’s...
by admin | Oct 3, 2014 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, September 2014 Dispatcher
ILWU members working at Pacific Northwest grain terminals overwhelmingly voted in favor of ratifying a new contract in late August, ending an 18-month lockout imposed by Mitsui/United Grain in Vancouver, WA and a 15-month lockout by Marubeni/Columbia Grain in...
