by admin | Sep 8, 2011 | Featured, Solidarity
8 September 2011: The ITF has condemned the detention yesterday of ILWU (International Longshore and Warehouse Union) president Bob McEllrath while attending a protest in Vancouver, Washington, USA. He and other ILWU members were defending the job rights of workers...
by admin | Jul 22, 2011 | Solidarity
The following report from Zenkoku-Kowan, the National Federation of Dockworkers’ Unions of Japan presented this report on the earthquake rescue and reconstruction efforts by Japanese dock workers to the ITF Dockers’ section meeting in Buenos Aires that...
by admin | Jun 12, 2011 | Featured, June 2011 Dispatcher, Solidarity, Take Action
In 2009, ILWU members and Teamsters joined the Dutch dockers union at a demonstration outside of the Transamerica tower in San Francisco’s financial district. The Dutch dockers’ union, known as FNV Bondgenoten, was demanding the return of pension money from the giant...
by admin | May 31, 2011 | Solidarity
Aegon, the company that owns Transamerica, is accused of looting a pension fund in Holland. In 2009, the Dutch dockers union (FNV) and employers came to San Francisco to demand that Aegon return the money. They are coming back for the remaining $400 million that’s...
by admin | May 12, 2011 | Solidarity
April 28th is Workers’ Memorial Day, a time to remember the thousands of workers killed on the job every year and the tens of thousands more who die of occupational diseases. The AFL-CIO is calling for strengthening of workplace safety laws in a new report: Death on...
by admin | May 9, 2011 | Solidarity
The recent victory for Rite Aid workers in Lancaster, CA was featured on The Union Edge Talk Radio Show. Click here to listen to program in its entirety.
