by admin | Apr 23, 2012 | April 2012 Dispatcher, Fighting for Good Jobs
Most recycling workers at Waste Management Davis Street facility in the East Bay are being paid a paltry $12.67 an hour or less. It’s less than the Local 6 members need to support their families. On top of the low wages, they had to deal with a dangerous rat...
by admin | Jan 6, 2012 | December 2011 Dispatcher, Featured
When we take our garbage and recycling to the curb, most of us give little thought to what happens next. Two hundred ILWU members in the Bay Area waste industry are mobilizing to change that by making the public more aware – and their employer more accountable for the...
by admin | Dec 28, 2010 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
Irene Florez has posted an excellent interview with “Isabella,” an ILWU Local 6 member working at an Oakland recycling center. Isabella talks about her job, her union and the upcoming fight for a fair contract. Listen to the interview here.
