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What are Longshore workers’ priorities for the 2008 contract?

Julie Ann Fisher

WE NEED GOOD JOBS:

“When parents work hard, they should be able to take their children to the doctor. That’s why we’re fighting for good benefits and health care reform that provides care for all families.”

– Julie Fisher
ILWU Local 34
   

 

WE NEED SAFER JOBS:

“I never want to tell another family member that their loved one won’t be coming home tonight because they’ve been killed on the job.”

– Herald Ugles
President, ILWU Local 19

 Herald Ugles, President, Local 19
   
Trent Willis, Local 10

WE NEED CLEANER AIR:

“When employers tell us the air is clean enough, or that they can’t afford to make it cleaner, we have to say: ‘The health of our families and our communities is not for sale.’”

– Trent Willis
Business Agent, ILWU Local 10
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