Transport Workers Solidarity Committee

ILWU Pres "Big Bob" McEllrath Working Closely With Union Busting PMA To "shed the union’s image of being a militant and unreliable work force."

• A Black Eye for ILWU, LA-Long Beach

http://www.joc.com/port-news/longshoreman-labor/international-longshore-and-warehouse-union/black-eye-ilwu-la-long-beach_20130213.html

ILWU files unfair labor practice charge against United Grain
Two sides trade verbal blows as lockout continues
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/mar/05/ilwu-files-unfair-labor-practice-united-grain/
Steven Lane/The Columbian
ILWU workers picket in front of the Port of Vancouver's Gate 2 on Monday.
By Aaron Corvin 
Columbian Staff Reporter
Originally published March 5, 2013 at 8:55 a.m., updated March 5, 2013 at 6:05 p.m.

RWU Passes Resolution in Support of Longshore Workers in Vancouver, WA
Railroad Workers United <rocutoday@gmail.com> Mar 05 01:58PM -0800  
http://railroadworkersunited.org/
Dear RWU Members & Supporters:
At the RWU March Steering Committee meeting on March 4, 2013, we adopted a
resolution that supports the longshore workers in Vancouver, WA, members of
ILWU Local #4 who are under attack by the company and were locked out of

Tacoma ILWU grain terminal workers reach concession contract similar to EGT deal-ILWU Pres McEllrath Likes American Bosses "satisfactory agreement"
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/03/06/2501235/tacoma-grain-terminal-workers.html#.UTraVgrc9_g.facebook

Lock-Out Of ILWU Members In Vancouver Enters Seventh Day As Contract Signed With One Terminal Operation Signed 
article from MMP newsletter

Grain terminal operator Mitsui-United Grain last week locked out 44

members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) who work
in the Port of Vancouver. The lock-out began just days after the union
ratified a contract with a competing U.S.-owned grain terminal operator,
TEMCO LLC.