Join the LWC in Mobile, AL. on September 26-27, 2008.
Discuss:
* Wage Tiers in Mid-Term Contract
* Crane Jurisdiction in Mobile
* Early Master Contract Negotiations
* South Atlantic and Gulf Coast Convention Report
* End the Wage and Benefit Tiers
* Safety and Organizing
* Our International Union’s Financial Crisis
Details:
Friday September 26-Saturday September 27
10am-5pm / Reception 6-9pm
The meeting will take place […]

When Delmont Blakeney was knocked into the frigid water while working a ship in the Port of Oakland on Saturday August 23rd, there was no ladder available on the pier to help him out. When co-workers finally found one, 40 minutes later, it was too late. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Craig Merrilees, […]

A major thunderstorm destroyed two ship-to-shore container cranes at Jacksonville’s Blount Island Marine Terminal on Wednesday, August 13. A third crane was damaged; the Jackonsville Port Authority is assessing the damage.
Nancy Rubin, a port authority spokeswoman, says the cranes collapsed Wednesday afternoon, temporarily shutting down all incoming water traffic in Jacksonville’s harbor.
Rubin says no one […]