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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.

Longshoremen: Port dispute about more than two jobs

Excerpts from the Portland Business Journal:

“There are much bigger issues at play, issues that strike at the heart of our collective bargaining agreement,” Leal Sundet, the union’s coast committeeman, said in a news release.

While two jobs are at issue, the longshore union has argued that the larger problem is with ICTSI’s refusal to [...]

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Think Out Loud profiles Portland longshore worker Jim Daw in 'On the Job' series

Oregon Public Broadcasting featured ILWU Local 8 member Jim Daw as the first worker to be profiled in their reinstated ‘On the Job’ series. Daw spoke with OPB at Terminal 5, July 18. In the 10-minute live interview, Daw described his father’s experience on the waterfront prior to containerization and the importance of safety [...]

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Australia: Patrick Risks War On Waterfront As 270 Axed At Botany

From the Maritime Union of Australia:

Patrick risks reigniting a bitter industrial dispute on the country’s waterfront after unveiling plans to slash more than half the wharfies employed at its container operations at Sydney’s Port Botany.

The stevedoring business – a division of Australia’s largest listed ports operator, Asciano – will lay off 270 of [...]

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