by admin | May 8, 2012 | Solidarity
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 8, 2012) — With USMX-ILA Master Contract negotiations well underway, ILWU International President Robert McEllrath issued a statement today reiterating the ILWU’s full support of union dockworkers on the East Coast. Recent media reports...
by admin | Apr 23, 2012 | April 2012 Dispatcher, Solidarity
By early April, union dockworkers were back on the job at the Port of Auckland, following an employer lockout that ended with an order by New Zealand’s Employment Court and a massive show of international solidarity that included help from the ILWU. “Many members of...
by admin | Apr 1, 2012 | March 2012 Dipatcher, Solidarity
It’s been two years since the Local 30 hall in Boron was buzzing with talk about how to beat a lengthy lockout by the international mining giant, Rio Tinto. “It feels like ‘déjà vu’ all over again,” said Local 30 member Kevin Martz, who came to the union meeting on...
by admin | Apr 1, 2012 | Featured, March 2012 Dipatcher, Solidarity
The 292 New Zealand dockworkers who were illegally fired by the Ports of Auckland in the beginning of March scored an important legal victory on March 21st when their employer agreed to withdraw the termination order. The port was forced to reverse course because they...
by admin | Mar 20, 2012 | Solidarity
ILWU members organized a coordinated group of solidarity actions on March 19 to support the 292 workers who were recently – and illegally – sacked by the Ports of Auckland, Ltd. In New Zealand. In each location, ILWU members delivered a letter explaining how the use...
by admin | Mar 6, 2012 | Solidarity
International support is pouring for striking dock workers in New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland. The Ports of Auckland is which publically controlled, is pressing for the “casualization” of the port workers. Management is insisting on an end to regular shift schedules,...
