by admin | Dec 3, 2015 | December 2015 Dispatcher, Featured, Uncategorized
A report by Dan McKisson, Local 19 and Rich Austin, Pensioner President McEllrath assigned us to attend the 2015 Single-Payer Strategy Conference in Chicago, IL on October 30 – November 1, 2015. The conference was a collaborative effort involving Labor Campaign...
by admin | Nov 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Nov. 6, 2015ILWU Brothers and Sisters: As you know, politicians have been publicly and inaccurately blaming congestion at the ports on those of us who work on the docks. They are opportunistically using industry-caused congestion as an excuse to introduce legislation...
by admin | Aug 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Members of the Maritime Union Australia, Queensland Branch in Brisbane recently recorded a solidarity message to the ILWU while on the picket line.
by admin | Jun 2, 2015 | February 2015 Dispatcher, Solidarity, Uncategorized
Docker union leaders from around the world – including ILWU officers – met in Perth, Australia for a strategy meeting in May that included a protest against Chevron for failing to respect workers’ rights in Western Australia. “Chevron is based in California,...
by admin | May 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
From the United Steel Workers press release: This Mother’s Day, an international coalition of unions is calling on the world’s largest jewelry retailer to clean up its supplier of diamonds. We are urging Signet to demand that multinational mining and...
by admin | Feb 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 20, 2015) – The Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union today announced a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract covering workers at all 29 West Coast ports. The deal was reached with assistance...
