by admin | Sep 28, 2012 | Featured, October 2012 Dispatcher, Solidarity
ILWU International President Robert McEllrath was convicted today of a misdemeanor offense in Longview ,WA for “obstructing a train.” the sentence was one day in jail and a $500 fine. “Fighting for good jobs in America shouldnt be a crime,”...
by admin | Sep 7, 2012 | Featured, Solidarity
Click on the link below to download a PDF update from the Maritime Union of New Zealand on the Ports of Auckland dispute. Sept 7 MUNZ Newsletter on the Ports of Auckland dispute (PDF).
by admin | Aug 8, 2012 | July/Aug 2012 Dispatcher, Solidarity
ILWU members joined other unions and community groups on July 2 to protest the latest “free trade” agreement that’s being quietly negotiated between the US government, Pacific Rim countries and corporate lobbyists. The “Trans-Pacific Partnership,” or TPP, is similar...
by admin | Jul 30, 2012 | Solidarity
ILWU members joined other unions and community groups on Saturday, June 30 for a mega-march and rally in downtown Los Angeles that attracted thousands – the largest protest against Wal-Mart in U.S. history. Marchers did their best to blemish Wal-Mart’s 50th...
by admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Solidarity
The United Steelworkers (USW) and its global allies are hailing the end of Rio Tinto’s six-month lockout of aluminum smelter workers in Alma, Quebec, as a great victory for the workers and their supporters around the world. A collective agreement that will run...
by admin | May 23, 2012 | May 2012 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Members of the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) in Auckland (Local 13) are back to work at the Port of Auckland, according to Secretary-Treasurer Joe Fleetwood’s latest report in mid-May. Fleetwood noted that tensions remain high because the Port Company doesn’t...
