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 […]

  Ron Carey, a former UPS driver and Teamster president who set the standard for union leaders for courage and honesty and transformed the leadership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters died on December 11 at age 72.
Carey toppled mob rule in the Teamsters and became the International Union’s first democratically elected General President once […]

On December 4th, the membership of ILA Local 1414 in Savannah Georgia overwhelmingly voted Benjamin Bryan out of office. He had served two terms as the President.
Bryant had testified in federal court, along with management and other top ILA top officials, to enforce the terms of the 2004 contract even though there were serious irregularities […]

The LWC believes we should have direct elections and allow our membership to clean up our own house. We want a honest union run by the members, not the mob or the government.
During the convention, there was lots of talk blaming the governments Racketeering case for the financial situation of the union. If this was […]

The fight for our future begins now. We must vigorously pursue the four main issues facing our union. The LWC will fight on many fronts and will not wait for the ILA leadership to get a clue. The convention is an opportunity to put pressure on officers and delegates to do the right thing.
ILA members […]

For the first time, the ILA sent a copy of the Master Contract to all members on their mailing list. Beginning in late April the newly made blue booklets arrived at the home of ILA members.
At the Southern and Gulf District convention last July the LWC presented a resolution calling on the International to provide […]

Rank and file members of the ILA took the ports of Philadelphia and Wilmington, DE by storm when they organized a petition for equal pay and direct election of International officers. The petition titled, “One Member–One Vote / Top pay Now” would obligate the delegates to the ILA Conventions to support resolutions for direct elections […]

The dreaded shape-up has come back in a new form in the Port of NY-NJ. Union members in most ports the world over ended the practice that forced waterfront workers to fight each other for work. But now a series of changes in NY-NJ have brought back the insecurity and corruption of days past.
Other ports […]

The LWC plans to take the rank and file struggle for justice in the ILA to the SAGCDC. The LWC will propose a series of resolutions from the floor of the convention. We’ll fight for democracy, strong contracts, more safety and an organizing program. Among the proposed LWC resolutions:
Strong Contracts – ILA must fight to […]

NY/NJ Coalition member, Eric Hayden, won his seniority rights and back pay after being barred from a company’s permanent list. Hayden, among other LWC members, campaigned hard against the contract and has been a vocal supporter of 1 Member -1 Vote, the campaign to directly elect the ILA officers who negotiate our contracts and run […]