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The shipyards are part of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park, whose Rosie the Riveter memorial honors the shipyard workers. Shipyard #3 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a California Historical Landmark # 1032.
From July 1 to July 13, workers went on strike freezing the movement of billions of dollars worth of cargo at Canada's busiest ports. The union rejected a number of offers before voting to ratify the new deal in August. [30] [31] The union priorities were to address inflation and wages, job automation and port automation and contracting out ...
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 .
Members of the largest union at Newport News Shipbuilding, United Steelworkers Local 8888, overwhelmingly approved a new five-year labor contract. The vote was 3,678 to 533. Under the new contract ...
Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop and shipyard in Alameda. The Alameda Works Shipyard, in Alameda, California, United States, was one of the largest and best equipped shipyards in the country. The only building remaining from the yard is the Union Iron Works Powerhouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.1956. [2]
Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park is a United States national historical park located in Richmond, California, near San Francisco.The park preserves and interprets the legacy of the United States home front during World War II, including the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, the Victory ship SS Red Oak Victory, a tank factory, housing developments and other facilities ...
In 1940 the company's ironworkers organized into a union. [14] By 1979 the company had 7,900 employees organized into six unions. There was a labor strike in 1988 in which employees demanded a minimum wage of $12 per hour. [15] A 25-day strike in 1992 resulted in workers returning to work without a contract. [16] In 1996, a further strike hit ...
The union filed the grievance in September 2021 in response to the shipyard removing 100 on-site parking spaces during the multi-year dry dock expansion project.