Mark Bass, ILA Local 1410 President in Mobile, AL, and a LWC member, was quoted in a recent Labor Notes article on harassment on the job:
“Mark Bass, president of a Longshoremen’s local in Mobile, Alabama, said foremen are rushing dock workers and blackballing those who don’t speed up. “It has not always been this way,” […]

Report: Security Screening Process Flawed, Leaves Dockworkers Jobless
by Mike Hall, Jul 9, 2009 (article originally posted here)

Thousands of longshore workers, truck drivers and other workers at ports across the nation are out of work, not because of a staggering economy, but because they are caught up in a backlogged, inefficient and often inaccurate screening […]

From the International Dockworkers Council:
Dear colleagues / Estimados compañeros / Chers collègues:
Our colleagues in the Port of Lisbon are on strike from 7-10 July:
The Port of Lisbon will totally stop any activity, and minimal services will be offered by the Ports of Setubal and Figueira da Foz.
The Draft Bill for the new Ports Law will […]

MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND the LWC Quarterly Membership Meeting
in Miami, September 24-26
Be part of discussing our union’s future. The ILA is facing bankruptcy and isn’t mobilizing members for a strong master contract. The LWC will fight for our union, so join us!
MEETING TOPICS:

Building the LWC 10th Anniversary Convention (scheduled for March 2010 in Savannah, Georgia)
Building […]