ILWU

  • Longshore Union Settles Grain Dispute as Confrontation Loomed
    Jane Slaughter
    Jan 26 2012 - 6:11pm

    The Longshore Workers released Friday some facets of its settlement with grain exporter EGT in Longview, Washington. After a card check, the union expects to negotiate a contract.

  • Longshore Union, Occupy Poised to Greet Grain Ship
    Eduardo Soriano-Castillo
    Jan 23 2012 - 10:03am

    Conflict is looming over a grain exporter's attempt to use scab labor to load a freighter in Longview, Washington. Occupiers and Longshore unionists vow to protest and expect a heavily armed police presence. Their own friction is adding difficulties, however.

  • Contracts Are Worth Defending, Even with No-Strike Clauses
    Guillermo Perez
    Jan 19 2012 - 1:51pm
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    After seeing hundreds of thousands of people demonstrate in Wisconsin and Ohio to defend collective bargaining, it seems odd to read in Labor Notes that union contracts are “a trap” that “hold unions back.”

    Stanley Aronowitz’s January 2012 Viewpoint said, “Labor is confined by contract unionism, whose core is the no-strike clause.”

  • Occupy Wake-Up Call Caps Remarkable Year
    Jane Slaughter
    Dec 30 2011 - 8:42am

    It’s been an exhilarating year, with people finally moving into resistance after decades of misrule. The new-found energy is rejuvenating, making it easy to forget that we haven’t won most of these battles yet. Still, we’re way ahead of where we were this time last year.

  • No-Strike Clauses Hold Back Unions
    Stanley Aronowitz
    Dec 15 2011 - 12:24pm
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    When leaders of the Occupy movement’s most reliable labor ally, the Longshore Union (ILWU), declared the union would not participate in Monday’s shutdown of West Coast ports, they illustrated a great weakness plaguing our unions.

  • Port Actions Spark Debate
    Labor Notes Staff
    Dec 15 2011 - 12:18pm
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    Every ILWU officer and international staffer reiterates the union’s solidarity with the Occupy movement and its goals. But the December 12 action annoyed many. Members and officials questioned why occupiers called for action without consulting the people that action would affect most.

  • West Coast Terminals Close
    Evan Rohar
    Dec 15 2011 - 12:05pm
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    For the second time in a month, the Occupy movement called for mass action to shut down ports. This time, the occupiers targeted the entire West Coast.

  • No-Strike Clauses Hold Back Unions

    When leaders of the Occupy movement’s most reliable labor ally, the Longshore Union (ILWU), declared the union would not participate in Monday’s shutdown of West Coast ports, they illustrated a great weakness plaguing our unions.

  • West Coast Port Shutdown Sparks Heated Debate between Unions, Occupy
    Evan Rohar
    Dec 12 2011 - 2:03pm

    As the Occupy movement closed ports again, longshore members and officials expressed alarm. Occupiers say the union should see the need for tactical flexibility.

  • Occupy Oakland Shuts Port as Unions Hustle to Keep Up
    Eduardo Soriano-Castillo
    Nov 3 2011 - 1:33pm

    Oakland's “day of action” closed shops and halted traffic at the nation’s fifth-largest port. Unions hustled to rally members, building a healthy response for the first occupy action where success required other organizations to mobilize.