LWC Support for Locked-Out Port of Montreal Workers
*** LOCKOUT ENDED *** http://cupe.ca/strikes/lockout-port-montreal
*** UPDATED 7/22 at 9pm *** CUPE Local 375 announced that the lockout will end on Saturday July 24. Members will be discussing and voting on the terms negotiated to end the lockout at a membership meeting on Friday July 23. The details of the settlement have not been released. […]
SAGCD Conventions Every Four Years?
The South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District Executive Council, the South-Eastern Dock and Marine Council and the West-Gulf Dock and Marine Council have all reportedly endorsed a proposal to reduce the frequency of the SAGCD Convention meetings from every two years to every four years.
Reportedly some members of the SAGCD Executive Council are concerned with […]
Another tragic death of an ILA member
A truck driver in Houston, Texas, and member of ILA Local 28, Deborah McAlister, 55, died on the job earlier this week while working for Maersk-Sealand. She was pinned between her own truck and the truck in front of her, which backed up without realizing she was adjusting her numbers.
Members of the LWC health and […]
Repression Against the Costa Rica Longshore Union
Repression Against a Longshore Union and an International Response
Costa Rica’s government replaced the democratically elected longshore union leaders in March after the elected leadership refused to go along with the government-mandated privatization of Puerto Limon and Puerto Moin.
At the February 2010 General Assembly of the International Dockworkers Council in Charleston, South Carolina, affiliates resolved to […]