by admin | Oct 7, 2010 | Featured, October 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Since its beginnings in 1537, Peru’s Port of Callao has been flattened by earthquakes and tidal waves, burned by pirates, used as a wartime military fortress, bombed by Spain and occupied by Chile. After each disaster, Callao was rebuilt and continues to be South...
by admin | Aug 20, 2010 | August 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
ILWU officers joined delegates representing millions of workers at the 42nd Congress of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) that was held in Mexico City on August 5-12. The scale of the event was huge with over one thousand delegates from nearly 400...
by admin | Aug 20, 2010 | August 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
In its continued solidarity effort to assist Costa Rican longshore workers, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) filed a petition with the Obama Administration against the government of Costa Rica under the Dominican Republic – Central American Free...
by admin | Jul 24, 2010 | July 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Coast Committeemen Ray Ortiz, Jr. and Leal Sundet met with Peruvian Congressman Luis Negreiros in June to discuss the ongoing attack on union rights in Peru, which is part of an unsettling trend in Latin American ports. One by one, publicly owned ports are being...
by admin | Jul 24, 2010 | July 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
This past June 19th the Mexican miner’s union (Los Mineros) held a National Forum in the town of Cananea, in Mexico’s northern State of Sonora. Chuck Kennedy of ILWU Local 30, himself a miner from Boron, summed up the spirit at the forum, saying: “These miners could...
by admin | Jun 25, 2010 | June 2010 Dispatcher, Solidarity
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is asking the Obama administration to investigate the illegal ousting of elected union leaders from Costa Rica’s dockworkers union. Declaring that longshore workers are united beyond international borders, the...
