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ILWU
Jobs
To avoid bankruptcy, ILWU pays $20.5 million to replace a shipper’s lost profits
It’s the final chapter in a fight over two jobs, a dispute that shut down container shipping in Portland for years.
Collective bargaining
ILWU declares bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is the fallout from a fight for two jobs on the Portland docks. The longshore union has been battling in court for over 10 years.
Collective bargaining
ILWU reaches tentative contract agreement at West Coast ports
The six-year agreement, if ratified by union members, would cover more than 22,000 longshore workers across 29 ports.
Collective bargaining
ILWU: No strike imminent at West Coast ports
The International Longshore & Warehouse Union and West Coast ports say they’re focused on negotiating, rather than escalating action.
Labor History
OPB to air new documentary on 1934 West Coast longshore strike
One of the most thrilling episodes of American labor history will soon come to life on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB).
Union Organizing
Workers at NORPAC, a Longview paper mill, vote to stay nonunion
A union campaign by ILWU at the Longview paper mill launched in late November but fell short in ballots counted Feb. 22.
Workers Rights
ILWU reefer case headed back to court
A jury in 2019 ordered ILWU to pay $93.5 million in damages to a Philippine terminal operator. Now a new trial is likely.
Collective bargaining
ILWU rejects West Coast longshore contract extension
U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh met Nov. 30 in Los Angeles with ILWU and PMA and said he is available if the two sides reach an impasse.Â
Culture
Police unions come in for questioning
Police unions have almost always been an awkward fit in the House of Labor.
National
Labor confronts police brutality
Union members are taking part in protests, joining morning-after cleanup parties, and even walking off the job in support of Black Lives Matter.
Workers Rights
ICTSI refuses to accept $19 million from ILWU and will seek new trial
A new trial would focus only on deciding the right amount of damages, not whether ILWU was at fault in the slowdown at Terminal 6.
Workers Rights
Judge lowers ILWU jury award
ILWU is now supposed to pay terminal operator ICTSI $19 million, after a federal judge said the evidence did not support a jury award of $93.6 million.
Workers Rights
Judge could lower ILWU jury award
ILWU argued that a jury accepted a grossly inflated estimate when it ordered $93.6 million in economic damages.
Jobs
Shipping returns to Portland’s Terminal 6
South Korea-based container carrier SM Lines will get a state subsidy to ship to Portland. A longshore union slowdown has been blamed for shippers pulling out, but other factors increasingly make container shipping to Portland a challenge.
Workers Rights
Jury says ILWU owes $93 million for dock slowdown
The decision threatens the survival of the West Coast longshore union.
Union democracy
ILWU elects new leadership
Members of the West Coast longshore and warehouse union elected their first-ever black president, Willie Adams.
Union democracy
ILWU to hold 2018 convention in Portland June 4-8
The 35,000-member union represents dock and warehouse workers in Hawaii and the West Coast.
Culture
Unions are wall-to-wall at Keller Auditorium
With the recent unionization of dancers at the Oregon Ballet Theatre, their shows are now executed by an all-union workforce.
Labor History
Solidarity — Now, and Forever: Tacoma labor honors the man who wrote “Solidarity Forever”
In Tacoma, Ralph Chaplin’s spirit is marching on.
Collective bargaining
Labor peace on West Coast docks will run through 2022
ILWU members have approved a 3-year contract extension.
