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 […]

Read for yourself, from ILA Atlantic Coast District website, an industry report that seems to run counter to the ILA vote yes campaign.

Longshore Contract: Peter Robbed, Paul Paid, Reformers Regroup
by Mark Brenner
Labor Notes, November 19, 2009
Rank-and-file longshore workers pushed to reject another contract, after sending top officials in the East Coast Longshoremen’s union back to the bargaining table in September.
But on November 17 longshore (ILA) members approved a two-year extension to their master contract covering 12,000 […]

Check out this video produced by members of ILA Local 1588 in Bayonne, New Jersey.
“President Richard Hughes didn’t show up to his promised meeting with ILA local 1558, but we had the meeting anyway, and we posed some questions that all longshoremen should be asking about this contract, a contract that we will be voting […]

* Various ILA members spoke to Labor Notes magazine about the contract extension proposal vote tomorrow, Tuesday November 17. Read here why they are voting no.
Excerpt from Labor Notes article: Mike D. Payne, president of ILA Local 1526 in Fort Lauderdale, argues that negotiating in a faltering economy puts the union at a disadvantage. “We […]

Vote No = Send ILA & USMX Back to the Bargaining Table!
Your Vote Counts on Tuesday November 17!
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We sent USMX & ILA back to the table in September and won back our October 1 wage increase.
We have 10 months left on this contract.
Make them deliver a better deal!
What we want:
* A real wage […]

Know Your Rights: every vote should count on 11/17
The ILA has outlined the rules and procedures for the vote on November 17. Your local should announce the location and the vote will be conducted from 7am to 7pm.
How do I know if I am eligible to vote?
You are eligible to vote if you have […]

This special contract newsletter is being mailed out to all 19,000 ILA members covered by the Master Contract today!
DOWNLOAD IT HERE.
COVER PAGE EXCERPT:
Make An Informed Decision. Your Vote Counts!
Do you have all the information and analysis you need to decide how to vote on November 17?
In this special contract newsletter we will outline where the […]

Workers are being faced with bad contracts all over the U.S. But like us, some are standing up and saying no.
Read more here about Ford auto workers who rejected their contract–also being negotiated early–this week.

Hughes Cancels Open Discussion on the Contract
ILA President Richard Hughes canceled his appearance at a local union contract meeting on 11/12/09 when he found out he would have to go on the record with his responses to local union members.
Hughes, through the ILA Public Relations office, asked to attend ILA Local 1588’s contract meeting. The […]