Administrative – this includes passes that are expired, lost, or cancelled. It also includes port passes that are not working due to a problem with the pass, sticky fronts that are peeling off, or passes that the fronts are worn … Continue reading
Check Your Machinery
Attention: All Machinery Operators All machinery should be checked before operation and monitored during operation. Any problem (example: some lever or gauge doesn’t operate properly, there is some unusual noise) may be the sign of a much larger problem. Please … Continue reading
Squamish Nation Veterans and Relatives
For Remembrance Day we would like to honour past Longshoremen and family members who served their country in the armed forces. This is only a small number of the Longshoremen who have served, but past Local 500 President (1970) John … Continue reading
Trashing Service Areas
The Union has received reports of washrooms being vandalized. Under the Labour Code washrooms and lunchrooms are referred to as personal service areas. They are provided for under Part II – Occupational Safety and Health Section 125(1)(i) of the Code. … Continue reading
Head Checkers Must Report to a Foreman
ATTENTION:HEAD CHECKERS You MUST report to your Foreman at the START of your shift. Rob Ashton Business Agent
The Duty to Accommodate
ILWU Local 500 is committed to ensuring that workplaces are equitable and fair. This means that we view human rights in the workplace as an essential element in our mandate to represent our Members. The duty to accommodate is an … Continue reading
Despatch Hall Rules Bulletin
That all Business Agents and Relief Business Agents be instructed that the Union Policy be that there will be no plugging in after the wickets are closed. Date Passed: April 18, 1990 Source: Membership That only Local 500 Officers and … Continue reading
Working in New Westminster
Please be advised that when you work a Day Shift in New Westminster you MUST go second time around for the Graveyard Shift. Anyone caught gimmicking these rules will be brought in front of the Membership and Grievance Committee. Rob … Continue reading
Granted Time for WCB
To receive granted time while off on Worksafe BC Wage Loss you must submit your first and last wage loss pay stubs to Employee Services on the 4th floor at 349 Railway Street, Vancouver. Peter Haines, Secretary Treasurer.
No Despatch Before Established Despatch Times
Sisters and Brothers, Some Members have been approaching the BCMEA Despatchers to be despatched before the wickets are closed. This is contrary to the terms of the Collective Agreement. One of the BCMEA’s demands when we went into negotiations was … Continue reading