by admin | Feb 22, 2012 | Featured, January 2012 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Family Man: Ron Bell (53) is striking for his four daughters’ future. Ron is a stevedore at the Ports of Auckland. He will have worked on the waterfront for 31 years this coming April and has been a union member since he was 17. Photo by Simon OostermanOver 300...
by admin | Feb 22, 2012 | Dispatcher, January 2012 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Australian dock workers in the ports of Adelaide and Melbourne returned to work after a negotiated ceasefire between workers belonging to the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and terminal operator, Dubai Ports World (DP World). A series of job actions and retaliatory...
by admin | Feb 2, 2012 | Featured, Solidarity
LONGVIEW, WA (February 2, 1012) — ILWU leaders today said that the county prosecutors’ office needs to stop wasting taxpayer dollars attempting to prosecute local workers and their supporters for exercising their First Amendment rights during a labor...
by admin | Oct 5, 2011 | Featured, Solidarity, Uncategorized
October 5, 2011 Dear Sisters and Brothers, On behalf of 40,000 members in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), I want to thank you for organizing your “Occupy Wall Street” protest in New York City which is inspiring millions of Americans. Most of us...
by admin | Sep 28, 2011 | Solidarity
The International Transport Workers’ Federation has launched a campaign page to promote the international solidarity efforts underway in support of ILWU Local 21 members fighting for good jobs at EGT’s tax-subsidized grain terminal in the Port of Longview, WA. The...
by admin | Sep 28, 2011 | Solidarity
Dutch dockers staged a solidarity action in support of ILWU Local 21 members fighting for good jobs at the EGT grain terminal in Longview, WA. About a dozen Dutch dock workers staged a protest outside of an STX Pan Ocean ship on Sept 27. The South Korean company is...
