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Click on the image to download the Donation Form for Hong Kong Dockers Strike Fund Members of the ILWU Longshore Caucus recently voted to donate $20,000 to support the Union of Hong Kong Dockers in their fight for fair wages and more humane working conditions. The Hong Kong dockers have been on strike for more [...]  ILWU Coast Longshore Division News release: Union and employers confirm that the ILWU Local 63 Office Clerical Unit picket line is bona fide and that longshoremen have a right to respect the picket line SAN PEDRO, CA (November 29, 2012) – The ILWU-PMA Coast Labor Relations Committee that establishes policy and administers the contract between [...] Collective bargaining negotiations are underway in the Northwest between the ILWU and grain industry giants. Here’s the background in the ILWU Dispatcher:
Grain is the new gold for multinationals eager to move valuable cargo for a healthy profit. Global grain giants, 80 years into contract, try to squeeze longshore workers Wheat-based bread on Japan’s [...] 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 [...] ILWU Local 21's 'Welcome to Longview' billboard near the exit to the Port of Longview, WA. From this month’s Dispatcher: ILWU International President Robert McEllrath, union members, and supporters continue to face trial for exercising their First Amendment Rights to protest during the EGT dispute When the grain ship MV Full Sources arrived at [...] Click here to download a pdf of this letter. January 3, 2012 To: All Longshore, Clerk, and Walking Boss/Foreman Locals Brothers and Sisters: We are currently engaged in a labor dispute with one of our employers, EGT, in the Pacific Northwest. EGT continues to refuse to return to the negotiating table with Local 21 [...] A third-party proposal to shut down terminals on December 12 has not been vetted by union’s democratic process SAN FRANCISCO, CA (November 22, 2011) — In response to recent third-party announcements that community activists will attempt to shut down various West Coast marine terminals on December 12, 2011, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) [...] In an article called “Occupy Protests Calls for West Coast Ports Shutdown; Protestors will have to attempt Dec. 12 shutdown without ILWU support,” the Journal of Commerce reported today: The Occupy Movement is calling for a shutdown of all West Coast ports on Dec. 12, but they will have to pursue their goal without the [...] Despite three deaths globally and numerous injuries and burns, shipping executives reject proposals designed to keep at-risk containers out of U.S. communities SAN FRANCISCO, CA (November 7, 2011) – As thousands of potentially explosive shipping containers circulate the globe, Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) executives are rejecting the International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s (ILWU) calls for [...] A Nov. 2 article in the Journal of Commerce called “West Coast Isolating Vietnam Reefer Containers” reported that: The ILWU in the past few days refused to work vessels at two terminals in Oakland and a terminal in Seattle. The ILWU demanded a complete history of the containers on the vessel, but employers offered information [...] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 1, 2011 CONTACT: Jennifer Sargent, 503-703-2933 Craig Merrilees, 510-774-5325 SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Officials at the International Longshore and Warehouse Union are taking steps to identify, segregate, de-energize and prevent potentially explosive refrigerated shipping containers from moving inland from overseas ports and posing risks to the public. Shipping industry officials have [...] The ILWU Coast Longshore Division has assisted SUTRAMPORPC, the dockworkers union at Callao, in protecting and utilizing their collective bargaining rights. ENGLISH SUMMARY: Panamanian officials say that the Port of Callao, Peru, is positioned to be the major transhipment hub of South America due to its location on the continent and the country’s investments [...] EGT Remains Defiant, Constituting a Threat to Stability of the Industry PORTLAND, OR (October 19, 2011) — The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Locals 4, 8, 19, and 23 voted to ratify the tentative agreement that was reached with the Pacific Northwest Grain Elevator Operators on September 14, 2011. The 2011-2012 Grain Handers Agreement, [...] In a letter (download pdf here) to ILWU Coast Committeeman Leal Sundet, IBT leader Tony Andrews writes the following: Brother Leal: On behalf of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Joint Council No. 37 and our 24,000 members in nine locals, I assure you that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union has the full support of [...] September 30, 2011: This afternoon, a Federal District Court in Tacoma, WA, heard oral arguments in EGT’s lawsuit against the Port of Longview regarding the company’s obligations under its lease agreement with the Port. Port counsel vigorously argued that the EGT lease requires EGT to honor the Local 21 Working Agreement with the Port. The [...] |
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