Delegates discussed contract proposals over the final two days of the Wage Scale Committee meeting in Tampa, Florida, January 6-7, 2009.
EARLY BARGAINING A MISTAKE
Although Longshore Worker Coalition-affiliated delegates and others cautioned against early bargaining, the ILA indicated it wants to proceed in order to see what the responses of the employers-represented by the United States […]

The ILA’s bargaining committee for a new deep-sea master contract–the Wage Scale Committee–is meeting in Tampa, Florida, this week.The Wage Scale Committee is comprised of elected delegates from each ILA local.The ILA leadership has initiated early bargaining (the contract doesn’t expire until September 2010–see here and here for background on the early negotiations) with the […]

LWC Members Win Office
Various LWC members have won office in the last few months. LWC members won the highest ranking local union officer positions in ILA Local 24 (Houston, Texas), Local 1410 (Mobile, Alabama) and 1422-A (Charleston, South Carolina). In addition LWC members won other positions in those locals, as well as in Local 1359-1860 […]