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The International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America joined with the union in the 1950s. The union negotiated a groundbreaking agreement in 1960 that permitted the extensive mechanization of the docks, significantly reducing the number of longshore workers in return for generous job guarantees and benefits for those displaced by the changes.
The Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (IUMSWA) was an American labor union which existed between 1933 and 1988. [1] The IUMSWA was first organised at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard in Camden, New Jersey after striking in 1934 and 1935 .
The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers was founded on September 1, 1893. On that day, at a meeting in Chicago, Illinois, representatives from the International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and Iron Ship Builders, which had been organized on October 1, 1880, and the National Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, which had been formed in ...
Boeing soon moved to end traditional pensions for its nonunion workers as well. The loss of that pension plan 10 years ago is a major reason rank-and-file members at Boeing nearly unanimously ...
With no bargaining sessions planned before the traditional Christmas break at Newport News Shipbuilding, United Steelworkers local 8888 has warned its members to be ready for a walkout next year.
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is a North American labor union representing longshore workers along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and inland waterways; on the West Coast, the dominant union is the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. The ILA has ...
In 1950, Local 28 negotiated the first pension plan in the construction industry. [3] In 1966, the union established its first national pension plans (one for construction workers, one for manufacturing workers). [1] In 1960, the Sheet Metal Workers organized its first political action committee, the Political Action League (PAL). [1]
Arbitrator rules contractors at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard can't take civilian employees’ parking. Decision affects thousands of people and town.