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The Journal of Commerce reports:
”Last month, Daggett said an ILA steering committee would evaluate the union’s affiliation with the AFL-CIO, the federation’s transportation trades and maritime trades departments, and other groups ‘to make certain we are equal partners among unions as members of these labor organizations.”’ -JOC International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett has [...]  Excerpts from International Business Times: Even if ILA members approve the master contract, it only goes into effect if local contract issues specific to individual ports are resolved, issues that include work rules and pensions. None of the local negotiations are as challenging as those of the Port of New York and New Jersey, where [...] From the ILWU Dispatcher:
Long road to victory: After a decade of struggle, workers at the Pacific Beach Hotel won their first contract agreement. It was early in the afternoon of December 29, 2012 at the Pacific Beach Hotel – site of countless rallies and demonstrations led by Local 142. But on this day, [...] From the Alliance for Global Justice: The Solidarity Center office in Bogotá has received an unusually large two-year grant of $3 million for its operations in the Andean Region. The scope and dimensions of the grant are not fully known, nor the exact programs to which it will be applied. However, given the history [...] Two months after a free-trade agreement between the United States and Colombia went into effect, workers and activists are warning that U.S.-stipulated labour reforms have not been fully implemented and have yet to result in promised improvements in the lives of workers. “We ask President (Barack) Obama to push for more guarantees for Colombian workers,” [...] From the Alliance for Global Justice: The Solidarity Center has some good and helpful programs and some that are at least more or less benign. But these good programs can act to hide a more fundamental purpose to infiltrate and influence the labor movements of other countries and to provide a channel of interference in [...]
Union member Carlos Arturo Castro Casas, a 41 year-old engineer and father of three, was killed while working on May 23, 2011. His union, SINTRAEMCALI, which represents public sector workers, reported that Castro Casas was was killed while working in the El Poblado sector of the city. The car he was travelling in was [...] Excerpts from In These Times, March 15: Last May, AFL-CIO President Trumka declared labor’s political independence by pledging to use the power of Super PACS to reach out to nonunion voters and build labor’s own political organization and message outside of the Democratic Party. Yesterday, the leaders of the labor federation unanimously endorsed President Obama [...]
Barack Obama On Tuesday President Obama signed a bill that will make it harder for workers to form a union. This bill, the FAA Reauthorization Act, passed Congress last week despite an outcry from major unions. Dozens of House Democrats voted for it, as did most Democratic senators. To appreciate what that means, try to [...] It’s important to note that progress has been made since the passage of this resolution, and the solidarity from labor unions around the world continues to be strong. On January 11, Plumbers and Fitters Local 393 in San Jose, CA, adopted the following resolution by unanimous vote:
Condemn Use of U.S. Military to [...] From the South Bay Labor Council: At a time when economic inequality has reached record levels and unions face existential threats, you would think the Labor movement would refrain from eating its own, but no. In a recent article in the online newsletter Counterpunch, “long time unionist” Alberto Ruiz attacks the AFL-CIO sponsored Solidarity Center, [...]
Pedro Mosquera Jorge Ortega Luis Mayusa These photos of unionists who have been killed by the Colombian government and paramilitaries are from Justice for Colombia. Writer Alberto C. Ruiz reports on recent State Department cables released by Wikileaks and says: What these cables portray is an organization, the AFL-CIO, which [...] Several unions have noted that “the AFL-CIO has been slow to act” on the union-busting that’s been taking place at EGT and the raiding of affiliated unions. Several unions bodies, including local unions, central labor councils, state federations, and international allies have passed resolutions expressing their strong support for longshore workers’ fight for a good [...] The following letter of solidarity comes from Dave Nolan, Executive Vice President of MEBA District No. 1-PCD. The Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (MEBA AFL-CIO) stands in solidarity with the brothers and sisters of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in their struggle to exercise their rights in the Port of Longview, Washington. Approximately 135 [...] A new agreement covering 420 pharmaceutical workers at the Bayer HealthCare plant in Berkeley, California has been reached following two months of difficult negotiations. The proposal includes better job security measures, controls on health care insurance costs, and annual raises of more than 3% during four-year contract. The proposed agreement is subject to a membership [...] |
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