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From the International Longshoremen’s Association web site:
The ILA published this photo and article in support of ILWU President Robert McEllrath, pictured here with supporters from global maritime unions.
ILWU President Bob McEllrath Convicted of Misdemeanor Offense In Longview, Washington; ILA Stands With Brave ILWU President Who Said: ‘Fighting For Good Jobs In America Shouldn’t Be A Crime’
SEPT 28: The International Longshoremen’s Association learned that Robert McEllrath, President of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union was convicted today of a misdemeanor offense in Longview, Washington for “obstructing a train.” The ILWU leader was sentenced to one day in jail and a $500.00 fine.
“Fighting for good jobs in America shouldn’t be a crime,” McEllrath said at the time of his arrest for fighting for jobs and jurisdiction for his members. He remained just as firm to his union’s principles today in court, saying before his sentencing that he had “no regrets about leading men and women against corporate greed and helping them fight to protect middle class jobs in America.”
A large group of supporters lined the Cowitz County Courthouse...
Collective bargaining negotiations are underway in the Northwest between the ILWU and grain industry giants. Here’s the background in the ILWU Dispatcher:
Grain is the new gold for multinationals eager to move valuable cargo for a healthy profit.Global grain giants, 80 years into contract, try to squeeze longshore workers
Wheat-based bread on Japan’s dinner tables and soy-fed beef in China – These are just two of the rapidly growing trends that are making American and Canadian grain hot export commodities. Thanks to these and other favorable conditions, grain is the new gold for multinationals eager to move valuable cargo for a healthy profit.
Yet despite having a robust long term financial outlook, multinational greed reared its ugly head on the first day of grain negotiations between the ILWU and industry representatives on August 29 in Portland.
“Global grain exporters are trying to put the squeeze on the longshoremen who have worked for decades to make the Pacific Northwest grain export industry the success that it is today,” said Coast Committeeman Leal Sundet, co-chairman of the committee that negotiates the Northwest Grainhandler’s Agreement. “We...
From the Journal of Commerce:
A federal mediator said negotiations on a new International Longshoremen’s Association contract would resume this week following “good progress” in five days of talks that ended Saturday.
“I am pleased to announce that five days of productive negotiations between the parties concluded on Saturday and that negotiations will resume (this) week under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service,” FMCS Director George H. Cohen said in a prepared statement Sunday.
Cohen commended the ILA and United States Maritime Alliance “for their hard work and commitment to this process. The parties are making good progress on a number of difficult issues at the full committee and subcommittee levels.”
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