October 8, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bush Administration’s decision to move toward issuing an unprecedented Taft-Hartley injunction in the West Coast port lockout by appointing a board of inquiry preempts the collective bargaining process and undermines the right of...
October 8, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
ENSENADA, Mexico — This sleepy tourist resort has awakened with a jolt. Used to surviving mainly on fishermen and cruise ships, it is suddenly doing its best to serve cargo ships marooned off the western United States, according to the Associated Press. More...
October 8, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
NEW YORK — President Bush took the first step yesterday toward seeking an injunction that would end the shutdown of 29 West Coast ports, acting just hours after negotiations between port operators and the longshoremen’s union had broken off, the New York...
October 7, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON — As appropriation bills stall on Capitol Hill, the future of Amtrak and long-distance passenger service has become even less certain, reports the Orlando Sentinel. Three funding amounts have floated through Congress, ranging from the $1.2 billion the...
October 7, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
OAKLAND, Calif. — To American unions, globalization is a nefarious force that has wiped out the jobs of millions of well-paid blue-collar workers, reports Steven Greenhouse in the New York Times. But the members of one union have played the global-trading system...
October 7, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
LOS ANGELES — Born of a bloody strike and brutal work conditions, the West Coast dockworkers union built itself into one of the best-paid and most powerful trade unions in the nation, according to the Associated Press. Its 10,500 members control the flow of more...
October 7, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
SAN FRANCISCO — The collapse of talks aimed at reopening U.S. West Coast ports is likely to spur President Bush to seek an order sending union workers back to the docks, ending a lockout that has already caused billions of dollars in damage to the U.S. economy,...
October 7, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
NEW YORK — As negotiations aimed at resolving the shutdown of West Coast ports continued, truckers, train operators and other transportation officials braced for the massive cleanup that will be needed whenever the docks reopen, Monday’s Wall Street...
October 4, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since both the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) have agreed to federal mediation on the issue of how new technology is implemented, the PMA should end its lockout today and let the...
October 4, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Dan Walker, a self-described farm boy, knew little about the Port of Vancouver until one snowy night 37 years ago when he arrived on the docks and began his first shift as a longshoreman, The Columbian reported. The lifting of bails, loading...
