Labor

Turning the Tide: Port Workers Newsletter

Coming together in September 2012 a core group of  Port of Oakland union workers including Laborers, Sailors Union of the Pacific (SUP), ILWU, SEIU 1021 as well as unorganized truckers and their supporters in the Teamsters union  came together with  Occupy Oakland Labor Solidarity members to organize the Oakland Port Workers Assembly.  The assembly has…

Which way forward for the Oakland Port Workers Assembly

How can the Oakland Port Workers Assembly support the SEIU 1021 strike-building the class wide solidarity needed to win a non-concessionary contract?   We have seen many one day strikes (the CNA makes a regular practice of using them as do the European trade unions) and they do not result in winning contracts. In fact, they are…