In 2010, the state’s three principal seaports boosted their collective number of outbound loaded containers by 9.2 percent. The Port of Oakland actually lost ground, slipping by 1.3 percent. But the ports of Los Angeles and Long...
Read More[NOTE: The following excerpt is from an interview between Costa Rica’s Tico Times and Ronaldo Blear, the recently reelected leader of the SINTRAJAP dockworkers union. The ILWU Coast Longshore Division has supported the...
Read MoreThe Atlantic Wire has posted an informative question and answer piece explaining the recent announcement that the governments of Colombia and China are in talks to construct a “dry canal” alternative to the...
Read More“Janice Hahn has been a champion for our issues, is battle-tested, and has always been a trusted friend of ILWU Local 13. In tough times like these, we need a Congressperson who will go to Washington and fight not only to...
Read MoreTwo workers at the Darwin Port had to run to avoid a shipping container crashing onto East Arm Wharf at the weekend, the Maritime Union of Australia says. The container was listed as four tonnes but the Maritime Union says it...
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