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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.

Tanzania: Dockworker strike hits container dock

Denial of salary review and racial discrimination are some of the issues behind the strike at Dar es Salaam port, Tanzania.

The following editorial was published yesterday in the Tanzania Citizen, on the second day of a strike:

Resolve grievances at Ticts

Reports to the effect that a strike by employees of the [...]

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ITF women’s leadership conference sends solidarity message to Longview

The following was message of solidarity was sent on September 29 as longshore workers from around the world gathered in Baltimore:

We, the women union leaders attending the ITF Women’s Leadership, Strategy and Organising Conference, want to express our support for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in the struggle for their union jobs at [...]

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