***EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT, MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW LATER***
The LWC will be meeting in Tampa, Florida from February 5 until February 7, 2009.
This meeting will happen just days before the joint ILA/Wage Scale Committee-United States Maritime Alliance negotiations (click for more information), that are scheduled to begin at 9am on Tuesday February 10, 2009 at the Caribe […]

Robert Gleason, ILA Secretary-Treasurer, has called the first meeting of the Wage Scale Committee and the first meeting with the United States Maritime Alliance.
Check back for LWC contract campaign work. We need to mobilize now for a contract that meets all of our needs!
***Click here for the entire letter, which includes details on the meeting […]

ILA President Hughes has directed that the names of all elected Wage Scale Committee delegates be submitted to the International no later than Monday December 15.
Local unions have also been notified that the International expects to receive submissions for Master Deepsea Contract demands no later than Monday December 15.
If your local has not yet announced […]

We need to make sure you have a voice in the contract negotiations for the 2010 deep sea contract!
Make sure your local is sending delegates to the Wage Scale Committee. These delegates will represent your local at the bargaining table with the United States Maritime Alliance.
Here’s how the Longshore Workers’ Coalition can help:
* Click here […]