ILWU Workers in Longview, WA Struggle to Maintain Jurisdiction.
EGT is a joint venture of Bunge, STX Pan Ocean, and Itochu. EGT has contracted with General Construction Company, employer of Operating Engineers Local 701, to do the work that is the long-established jurisdiction of the men and women of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 21.
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Rite Aid Workers Win their five year fight and obtain an ILWU contract - May 1, 2011
Read for Details of Rite Aid Contract
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Local 13 Signs Agreement for New Dispatch Hall
On March 1, 2011, a Special Executive Board meeting was held in which President Joe Cortez reported on the negotiations with PMA over the lease of the new Longshore Dispatch Hall Building which PMA will be constructing at 1500 E. Anaheim Street in the Port of Los Angeles. The Executive Board unanimously approved the lease terms negotiated. Pictured with the Executive Board and Officers are Attorneys Gillian Goldberg and Steve Holguin.
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About Local 13
Local 13 represents almost 20,000 part- and full-time longshore workers who discharge cargo at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Local 13 is the largest ILWU local on the West Coast with over 7,000 registered members. Membership continues to grow as the cargo volume crossing our local docks makes these two ports the busiest seaport complex in America.
We move the world's goods, one container at a time, millions of time a year.