ILA

  • Longshore Contract: Peter Robbed, Paul Paid, Reformers Regroup
    by Mark Brenner
    Nov 19 2009 - 2:41pm

    Rank-and-file longshore workers pushed to reject a contract that top officials negotiated 10 months early, but longshore (ILA) members approved a two-year deal.

  • East Coast Longshore Workers Push to Reject Contract
    Mark Brenner
    Nov 16 2009 - 11:52am

    Rank-and-file longshore workers are pushing to reject another contract, after sending top officials in the East Coast longshore union back to the bargaining table. The negotiations haven't addressed members' biggest concerns, they say.

  • Longshore Reformers Shut Down Secret Contract Deal
    Mischa Gaus
    Sep 26 2009 - 10:24pm

    Rank-and-file reformers in the East Coast Longshoremen’s (ILA) union have had a busy summer. The Longshore Workers Coalition (LWC) exposed secret contract negotiations and channeled member outrage against the deal, deepening a rift among top leaders.

  • Steward's Corner: How Our Local Bonded With The Community

    by Ken Riley; President ILA Local 1422, Charleston, South Carolina

    For a long time our local union was a sleeping giant in the community. Other groups solicited us only for our funds and not for our involvement. We were also losing ground in contract negotiations: Charleston is a major port, and we weren't taking advantage of that fact to address issues that were particular to Charleston.


    Yes
  • Eleventh Labor Notes Conference Reflects Struggle And Change Across The Country & Around The World

    Kim Moody

    Hundreds of chanting demonstrators marched through the streets of downtown Detroit at mid-day April 21 to protest the Free Trade Area of the Americas being negotiated and protested in Quebec City.

    The demonstration in solidarity with events in Quebec and in cooperation with similar groups in Windsor, Ontario was part of the eleventh biennial Labor Notes conference. Co-sponsored by Labor Notes, Jobs with Justice, the Committee for the Political Resurrection of Detroit, the Alliance for Democracy, and other local organizations, the demonstration helped set the tone and provide the energy for the weekend conference.


    Yes