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ILA Local 1422

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  • Feds file suit vs. rackets in ILA longshore union

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    On July 6, after years of investigation and long delay, the U. S. Department of Justice filed a civil suit in the Eastern District of New York against the International Longshoremen's Association and its top officers. The ILA represents some 45,000 workers on docks and in warehouses along the East Coast. (West Coast dock workers are represented by the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Harry Bridges's old union, not involved in this suit.)

  • Longshore workers nearly defeat master contract; Federal suit filed to rerun election after widespread violations

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    An aggressive grassroots campaign by reformers in the International Longshoremen's Association nearly succeeded in defeating a master contract covering 15,000 East and Gulf Coast longshore workers. The ILA reported that the contract had passed by a margin of 55% to 45% with about 9,000 members voting in the June 8 referendum. But opponents allege serious misconduct and are calling for a revote on what they say is a concessionary agreement.

  • ILA report: Baltimore local threatened with trusteeship for resisting concessions

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  • AUD travels to Charleston in ongoing work with ILA reformers

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    AUD's Matt Noyes, Marsha Niemeijer of Labor Notes, and David Pratt of the Teamster Rank and File Education and Legal Defense Foundation, traveled to Charleston SC in early February where they facilitated a workshop for the Longshore Workers Coalition (LWC), the reform group in the International Longshoremen's Association.

  • Charleston longshore unions win major victory

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  • Charleston Longshore workers lead battle for reform

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    by Carl Biers

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