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The articles excerpted on this site report on the state of the industry as seen by mainstream media, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the officers of the ILWU Coast Longshore Division.

ILWU fights for good jobs in Coos Bay

This Port of Coos Bay photo shows the site of Southport’s barge slip, which was built with public finds. ‘The public needs to know what is going on,’ ILWU Local 12 member Gene Sundet told the local media. ‘Southport has been subsidized 100 percent. Now after taking public money, they are cutting jobs and [...]

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Obama Trade Document Leaked, Revealing New Corporate Powers And Broken Campaign Promises

Text published recently at the Huffington Post:

A 2006 study found that El Salvador’s San Sebastian River contains 100,000 times more acid than uncontaminated bodies of water in the same region and levels of poisonous cyanide more than 10 times higher than the maximum allowed by the World Health Organization. In 2006 the Salvadoran [...]

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ILWU injects $250,000 into Booker T. Washington Community Service Center Rebuild

One year after the City approved the rebuild, an ILWU donation brings Booker T. Washington Community Service Center one step closer to breaking ground

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Today, the Coast Longshore Division of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) will present a $250,000 check to the Booker T. Washington Community Service Center in [...]

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