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ILWU: No strike imminent at West Coast ports

Jun 29, 2022

The International Longshore & Warehouse Union and West Coast ports say they’re focused on negotiating, rather than escalating action.

OPB to air new documentary on 1934 West Coast longshore strike

Jun 29, 2022

One of the most thrilling episodes of American labor history will soon come to life on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB).

Workers at NORPAC, a Longview paper mill, vote to stay nonunion

Mar 2, 2022

A union campaign by ILWU at the Longview paper mill launched in late November but fell short in ballots counted Feb. 22.

ILWU reefer case headed back to court

Feb 2, 2022

A jury in 2019 ordered ILWU to pay $93.5 million in damages to a Philippine terminal operator. Now a new trial is likely.

ILWU rejects West Coast longshore contract extension

Dec 16, 2021

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.

Police unions come in for questioning

Jul 1, 2020

Police unions have almost always been an awkward fit in the House of Labor.

Labor confronts police brutality

Jun 17, 2020

Union members are taking part in protests, joining morning-after cleanup parties, and even walking off the job in support of Black Lives Matter.

ICTSI refuses to accept $19 million from ILWU and will seek new trial

Apr 15, 2020

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.

Judge lowers ILWU jury award

Mar 18, 2020

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.

Judge could lower ILWU jury award

Feb 18, 2020

ILWU argued that a jury accepted a grossly inflated estimate when it ordered $93.6 million in economic damages.