If your work number is listed on the enclosed 3-page bulletin, you must appear before the M&G Committee to explain your low hours for 2018. As this document is posted on our website, we have removed all longshore workers’ names … Continue reading
Effective Immediately: Urgent Notice to All Casuals
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY URGENT NOTICE TO ALL CASUALS Any Casuals that make themselves available but do not come to the Despatch Hall to plug in, and if the Hall is cleared and there are shortages… The following fines will automatically apply: … Continue reading
Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke – What You Need to Know
Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke With nearly 550 wildfires still burning across BC, air quality throughout the province continues to deteriorate. Please share this important safety information with your fellow workers. What to do if you work outside: If you … Continue reading
Labour Day at the Fair with the VDLC
Labour Day at the Fair Join your fellow ILWU members and families at the Labour Day event at the Pacific National Exhibition on Monday, September 2, 2018. Kids aged 13 and under are FREE when accompanied by an adult with … Continue reading
Notice of Motion – to amend the Local 500 Constitution: Article VI Charges, Trials, & Fines Section 1. Charges.
Move the current point (b) to a newly-created point (c). Create a new point (b) that reads: “Conduct Unbecoming. Any Member of the Local who knows of any actions of another Member or Casual considered disrespectful to the Union, its … Continue reading
No M&G meeting August 28, 2018 (CANCELLED)
The M&G meeting for August 28, 2018 is cancelled. The next regularly scheduled M&G meeting will be on Tuesday, September 25, 2018.
35 Year Anniversary – Solidarity Forever Walking Tour – August 10, 2018
35 Year Anniversary – Solidarity Forever Walking Tour – August 10, 2018
Remember September 3, 1935 & Bloody Thursday (march, plaque dedication, bbq) – July 5/18
YOU’RE INVITED to the march and plaque dedication and BBQ Remember September 3, 1935 Commemorating the strike of September 1935 and Bloody Thursday Join us in a silent march to remember the events of July 5, 1934 in San Francisco … Continue reading
In Memory of Amritpal Takhar Local 502 – Donations Requested
Tragically, our dear Brother Amritpal (Local 502) passed away June 10, 2018 in a motorbike collision. Family and friends are raising funds to support Amritpal’s wife and two children, aged 11 and 14. In the spirit of solidarity, we are … Continue reading
Squamish “A” Board Mandatory Squamish Plug-ins
If you’re on the Squamish “A” Board, you applied to be there and it’s your obligation to service Squamish first. As such, effective May 16, 2018, for a 6-month trial period, Casuals on the Squamish “A” Board must plug-in in … Continue reading