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What’s at Stake

The outcome of longshore negotiations in 2008 will affect working conditions for dockworkers – but also impact local communities, the economy, and environment.

Good jobs:

Longshore workers are leading the way for other workers to save middle-class jobs, health care benefits and retirement. Find out why this fight is important for all of America’s working families.

Safer Jobs:

In the past six years alone, seventeen men and women have died while working on the docks. Many solutions that would save lives are easy and inexpensive. Read about our top safety priorities.

Cleaner Air:

People who work and live near the docks shouldn’t have to breathe toxic air, yet they are exposed to cancer-causing fumes. Find out more about our fight for cleaner air around our ports.

Melvin Mackay, Local 10
“All working families should be able to have good jobs and make a decent living. If we had more good jobs, people could be more self-sufficient. We’d have less poverty and less crime.”

-- Melvin Mackay
President
ILWU Local 10


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