Repression Against a Longshore Union and an International Response

Costa Rica’s government replaced the democratically elected longshore union leaders in March after the elected leadership refused to go along with the government-mandated privatization of Puerto Limon and Puerto Moin.
At the February 2010 General Assembly of the International Dockworkers Council in Charleston, South Carolina, affiliates resolved to […]

The Fourth General Assembly of the IDC Meets in Charleston
(For more about this meeting, read this article by journalist JoAnn Wypijewski. This report was published in the March 1-15, 2010 issue (vol. 7, no. 5) of CounterPunch. JoAnn can be reached at jwyp@earthlink.net.)
Longshore representatives from twenty different countries met in Charleston, South […]

VIEWPOINT: Protect Our Jobs and the Environment
by Dione Barlow, ILA Local 1526, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
(This will appear in the Spring 2010 Issue of Pier Pressure)
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From the shores of Portland, Oregon to the beaches of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and beyond, the efforts to both preserve our environment and […]