by admin | Jun 2, 2016 | Featured, May 2016 Dispatcher, Political Action, Solidarity
Big rally in Portland Bernie Sanders’ decisive May 17 primary victory in Oregon was preceded by a May 3rd rally in Portland’s Shemanski Park that attracted more than 750 union members and community supporters. The rally was initially planned by Local 8 member Jeff...
by admin | Apr 25, 2016 | April 2016 Dispatcher, Political Action
ILWU Local 13 member Vivian Malauulu scored an impressive election victory on April 12, defeating a well-connected incumbent and winning a seat on the Long Beach Community College Board of Trustees. Malauulu won nearly 60% of the tally – soundly defeating her...
by admin | Jun 21, 2013 | June 2013 Dispatcher, Political Action
The Longshore Division Coast Committee, ILWU International officers, and Longshore Legislative Action Committee members and Pensioners gathered on May 20-24 for the union’s 2013 Legislative Conference in Washington, DC. The goal was to convey the concerns of Longshore...
by admin | Nov 7, 2012 | Political Action
As working families all over the country celebrated President Obama’s re-election last night, we also began mobilizing to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from benefit cuts. Working families need more economic security, not less. But some...
by admin | Nov 7, 2012 | Helping Our Community, Political Action
For the third time in the past 14 years, California voters rejected an attempt—fueled by millions of out-of-state dollars—to shut working people out of the political process when they soundly defeated Proposition 32. California Labor Federation Executive...
by admin | Sep 28, 2012 | Featured, Political Action, September 2012 Dispatcher
ILWU members in Southern California are taking the threat posed by the anti-union Prop 32 seriously. In addition to financial contributions made by Locals 13, 63 and 94, members are engaged in mobilization and educational efforts to make sure union members are aware...
