Longshore Workers’ Coalition News Update * February 5, 2010
Longshore Workers’ Coalition News Update
February 5, 2010
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ILA AGREES TO AUTOMATED TERMINAL IN JACKSONVILLE
According to media reports, officials of Hanjin Shipping and the ILA tentatively agreed on a contract establishing staffing levels for a highly automated container terminal Hanjin plans to open in Jacksonville, Florida, in 2013.
The Jacksonville Business Journal […]
ILA Deaths in Norfolk & New York; Safe Workplaces?
Working on and around the docks is a dangerous job. So dangerous that in the last few days of 2009 two ILA members died while on the job.
David Wieland, 43, an ILA gang foreman in Local 970, was killed in Norfolk, Virginia, on December 22 when a straddle carrier dislodged a light pole, causing it […]
LWC Featured: Using Texts as Organizing Tool
Read whole article below to see interview with our staff organizer about using texts on the docks.
Steward’s Corner: Txt & Tweet 2 Org & Inform (Labor Notes, December 2009)
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Online social media tools like Twitter are often dismissed as time-wasters for the procrastinator in all of us. But they’re also being harnessed for […]
Contract Vote Report: LWC Statement & Results
The ILA announced on Tuesday November 17 that 9,736 ILA members voted on the contract extension proposal, with 6,417 members voting yes.
Click here for the ILA’s local-by-local vote count results.
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The LWC thanks all of our ILA sisters and brothers who campaigned and educated for a better contract.
We led the fight for an end to the […]