by admin | Oct 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
In order to provide support and relief to the many fire victims in the North Bay, all ILWU Bay Area locals are collecting donations at the ILWU Dispatch hall at 400 North Point St in San Francisco. SSA Matson has generously donated a 40 ft. container for use in this...
by admin | Aug 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 4, 2017) – The ILWU’s Coast Balloting Committee confirmed today that West Coast longshore workers at 29 ports in California, Oregon and Washington have officially ratified a three-year contract extension with the Pacific Maritime Association...
by admin | Aug 4, 2017 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, Uncategorized
2016 was a busy year of ILWU organizing activity on the docks of Hawaii. A new Matson clerical unit was organized into Local 142, and a charter was granted to ILWU Local 100 to create a home for four newly-organized units of longshore supervisors who came into the...
by admin | Aug 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
A new five-year contract has been ratified covering 77 members of ILWU Local 20 who work on a private dock at the Port of Los Angeles where they load and process materials mined at Rio Tinto’s giant borate mine and plant in the Mojave Desert that employs over 500...
by admin | Feb 8, 2017 | Featured, March 2017 Dispatcher, Uncategorized
ILWU members in Los Angeles, Seattle, and the Bay Area honored Martin Luther King Day by marching, protesting and meeting to promote social justice. MLK breakfast in LA “We can honor Dr. King’s legacy by continuing his struggle for justice, especially for the poor and...
