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Wednesday, 19 December 2012
18:00
ILWU Local 8 Hall 2435 NW Front Avenue, Portland, OR
ILWU Local 8 Presents: The 10 Guiding Principles of the ILWU, Lessons of Peavy and EGT. Speakers include: Jack Mulcahy (ILWU Local 8), Mike Fuqua (ILWU Local 21), and Kyle Mackie (Cowlitz Wahkiakum Central Labor Council)
On grain shipping, with additional material from International Longshore and Warehouse Union history, ILWU Convention Books, and arbitrations. We will discuss shipboard wheat manning and labor; grain elevator manning, technologies and labor; and relations with employer groups (PMA and elevator operators). Also key union struggles that set the stage for today.
1989 River Pilots break awy to form Lewis and Clark Pilotage
1993 Lockout at Peavey in Northwest grain negotiations and ILWU Local 8's in-house work-to-rule program.
2011-2012 Battle over union busting in Longview, WA.
ILWU Local 21 members will explain what is currently happening at EGT in the elevator, safety conditions, firings, and non-union and non-ILWU presence in the plant.
Columbia River longshore locals, other ILWU locals, community ILWU supporters, and Jobs with Justice are cordially invited.
Facebook post copied below: [sorry for the late post, just seen this info today]
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Wednesday, 19 December 2012
18:00
ILWU Local 8 Hall 2435 NW Front Avenue, Portland, OR
ILWU Local 8 Presents: The 10 Guiding Principles of the ILWU, Lessons of Peavy and EGT. Speakers include: Jack Mulcahy (ILWU Local 8), Mike Fuqua (ILWU Local 21), and Kyle Mackie (Cowlitz Wahkiakum Central Labor Council)
On grain shipping, with additional material from International Longshore and Warehouse Union history, ILWU Convention Books, and arbitrations. We will discuss shipboard wheat manning and labor; grain elevator manning, technologies and labor; and relations with employer groups (PMA and elevator operators). Also key union struggles that set the stage for today.
1989 River Pilots break awy to form Lewis and Clark Pilotage
1993 Lockout at Peavey in Northwest grain negotiations and ILWU Local 8's in-house work-to-rule program.
2011-2012 Battle over union busting in Longview, WA.
ILWU Local 21 members will explain what is currently happening at EGT in the elevator, safety conditions, firings, and non-union and non-ILWU presence in the plant.
Columbia River longshore locals, other ILWU locals, community ILWU supporters, and Jobs with Justice are cordially invited.