Deal Improves But Still No Real Wage Bridge. LWC Opposes Deal
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The Wage Scale Committee recommended on 9/30 to send a master contract offer to the membership. A vote has been scheduled for November 17.
Thanks to ILA rank-and-file mobilization & the many calls made to ILA President Hughes […]

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UPDATE 9/30 5PM EDT:
The Wage Scale Committee voted to recommend a contract offer to the membership. The LWC is opposing this offer. The membership vote is scheduled for November 17.
We […]

Hands Off October 1 Raise! USMX Informs All Employers Not to Pay Raise
Master Contract Bargaining Update #8 * September 25, 2009
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 In a management memo seen by the Longshore Workers’ Coalition, the United States Maritime Alliance Chairman, James Capo, instructed all employers not to pay the October 1 raise and benefit increases.The memo […]

Wage Scale Committee Rejects Contract Proposal
Early Negotiations Canceled
Master Contract Bargaining Update #6 * Sept. 3, 2009
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The Longshore Workers’ Coalition led the way in a unanimous vote of the 200-plus member Wage Scale Committee. The ILA rejected management’s proposal to extend the contract while freezing our 2009 wage increase. Early negotiations […]

October 1 Wage Increase at Risk Again?
New Bargaining Meeting Scheduled 9/29
Master Contract Bargaining Update #7, September 22, 2009
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In a last minute move to settle a master contract deal which would give away our 2009 wage increase, ILA President Richie Hughes has scheduled negotiations in Orlando, Florida two days before the wage increase goes […]

MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND the LWC Quarterly Membership Meeting
in Miami, September 24-26
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Be part of discussing our union’s future. The ILA isn’t mobilizing members for a strong master contract, but the LWC is! The LWC will fight for our union, so join us!
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2010 deep-sea master contract campaign planning: end the wage, […]

Wage Scale Delegate Subcommittees Reject Wage Freeze and Early Negotiations. Today: Vote by Full Committee.
All five subcommittees of the ILA’s Wage Scale bargaining committee unanimously voted to reject a management proposal brokered by ILA President Richie Hughes.
The management proposal is almost identical to the one the LWC exposed a week ago. Most delegates expressed […]