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Contract 2008

Updated On: Jul 05, 2008 (08:30:00)

Notice: The ILWU’s Contract2008.org web site gives updates on Longshore bargaining. If you have sent a message through the site and not heard back, please submit it again, as we want to hear from you and respond. Thank you.

Pacific Coast Longshore contract expired July 1; members will continue working at the ports, union negotiators committed to reaching an agreement

(SAN FRANCISCO) – West Coast dockworkers will continue loading and unloading cargo to keep ports operating while their union Negotiating Committee continues to meet with company officials on a new longshore and clerks agreement.

Benefit Golf Tournament

In Honor of Greg Phillips' 50th

Gresham Golf Course on August 14, 2008

$100 entry fee, includes dinner

Contact: Jacqueline Phillips at 503-519-7795

ILWU President Chosen for International Position

ILWU's Familathe and Adams accept ITF title for Pres. McEllrath.

The Dockers Section of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) represents over 400,000 dockworkers in 190 unions from 100 countries. The group gathered in Stockholm, Sweden on June 16-19, 2008 to coordinate strategy and solidarity efforts, share information, and elect new leadership for the coming years.

ILWU International President Bob McEllrath was nominated to serve as 2nd Vice Chair of the ITF Dockers Section by President Richard Hughes of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA). More than 100 delegates voted unanimously to approve McEllrath who was unable to attend due to the Longshore Contract negotiations in San Francisco, but ILWU Secretary Treasurer Willie Adams was on hand to accept the nomination and thank delegates who also passed a resolution pledging their full support and solidarity for the ILWU’s Longshore Contract negotiations. Also attending from the ILWU were Ray Familathe, International Relations Coordinator, and Mark Jurisic of Local #13.

“I’m pleased for the chance to represent dockers in this new position that will help us build solidarity and support workers around the world,” said McEllrath from San Francisco.

Contract 2008

Updated On: Jul 02, 2008 (12:27:00)

TWIC is Coming!

TWIC Enrollment at the Port of Vancouver and Port of Longview

Vancouver enrollment center click the link below

http://twicinformation.tsa.dhs.gov/twicinfo/portinfo.jsp?id=1309

Longview/Kelso enrollment center click the link below

http://twicinformation.tsa.dhs.gov/twicinfo/portinfo.jsp?id=1305

ILWU calls for cleaner ports in new TV ad

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is running a new commercial in the Los Angeles area to inform viewers about the union's efforts to promote cleaner ports.

The new ad features several Southern California longshore workers who explain that the union is working to make West Coast ports cleaner and safer for workers and residents.

The ad is another part of the union's "Saving Lives" campaign, that encourages companies doing business at the ports to reduce vessel and vehicle emissions 20 per cent by 2010. ILWU members work with elected officials, public health advocates, regulatory agencies and community groups to promote cleaner air for everyone.

(view all of the ILWU commericals posted under the ILWU History tab)

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Add your name to the petition and add your voice to this growing movement. Help us meet our goal of one million signatures!

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ILWU Drill Team

Updated On: Jun 18, 2008 (12:37:00)

Drill Team wins in Portland, to march in SF Juneteenth Celebration

The ILWU Local 10 Drill Team garnered first place in the Non-Commercial

division at the 101st Portland Rose Festival's Starlight Parade on June 1. Congratulations to the men and women of Local 10!

http://www.rosefestival.org/events/starlightparade/judging_results.shtml

The Drill Team will also be participating in San Francisco's Juneteenth 2008 Parade on Saturday, June 21. Juneteenth commemorates the day on which Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and read aloud an order freeing all enslaved Americans on June 19, 1865 - more than two and a half years after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

http://www.sfjuneteenth.org/index.html

ILWU 40

Updated On: Jun 16, 2008 (19:53:00)

2008 COLUMBIA RIVER GOLF TOURNAMENT

Colwood National Golf Club

7313 NE Columbia Blvd. Portland OR

July 24, 2008

Shotgun Start 8:00

Pickup applications at ILWU Locals 40 and 8

Questions Call Golf Commissioner George O'Neil

503-380-0290

THE DISPATCHER

June 2008 Dispatcher (PDF)

Complete issue of the June 2008 Dispatcher as an Adobe Acrobat file (PDF).

Join the ILWU's efforts to end the War In Iraq!
Prompted by ILWU members' walkout on May 1 to protest the War in Iraq, Americans from all over the country are voicing their support for union members' efforts to end the War in Iraq. Learn more about how you can work with labor to bring our troops home now.

DHS Realigns TWIC Compliance Date

http://www.tsa.gov/press/releases/2008/0502.shtm

THE DISPATCHER

May 2008 Dispatcher (PDF)

Complete May 2008 Dispatcher issue as an Adobe Acrobat file (PDF).

May Day 2008

Updated On: May 29, 2008 (16:05:00)

MAY DAY 2008

Click link to listen to the ILWU May Day interview

http://www.kboo.fm/node/6975

Click link to read a comment made by Representative Speier

http://frwebgate1.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=11394198364+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve

Click link to view video of Seattle May Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9cu-4UXM-0

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ahr5SH821GY (this video is awesome!)

May Day Photo

Photos of the May Day actions in Portland, Seattle and Oakland are posted in the Photo Gallery.

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Longshore workers are standing down at West Coast ports
More than 25,000 longshore workers at 29 West Coast ports are exercising their First Amendment rights today by taking a day off work and calling for an end to the war in Iraq.

Labor Headlines: (Updated Every 60 Minutes from Labourstart)

600 Coca Cola Drivers & Warehouse Workers Stage Walk-out in Solidarity With Striking Oceanside Employees

Starbucks Workers Organize!

GR Starbucks employee firing triggers global protests

AL: Retired frefighter, turns into a true American hero

In Tennesee and in New England, Carpenters picket against 1099 Misclassification