Funding for the construction is being provided by 72 shipping companies who belong to the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA).
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The new facility will cost $15 million to build on a site furnished by the Port of Los Angeles, under a long-term lease. The current dispatch hall is hampered by only 49 parking spaces the new one will accommodate over 800 cars and be protected by a security fence.
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In addition to the primary dispatch mission, the facility will feature meeting rooms, administrative offices and ample parking. If all goes well during construction process, the new hall could be up and running in a year, dispatching the Local’s 7,000 registered longshore workers to jobs at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. “There are a lot of people who deserve credit for making this dream into a reality,” said Cortez as he thanked members for transforming the project from a dream to reality. Local 13 President Joe Cortez delivered an emotional “thank you” to the many leaders who spent more than a decade pushing the project forward. “This new hall will be good for the port, good for the industry and good for ILWU members,” said ILWU International President Bob McEllrath, who celebrated the groundbreaking with other International officers including Vice Presidents Ray Familathe and Wesley Furtado, Secretary-Treasurer Willie Adams, and Coast Committeemen Ray Ortiz, Jr., and Leal Sundet. The new building will be a first-class facility with 32,000 square-feet and a host of modern features. The 88 Caucus delegates debated important.Shovels broke ground on Friday, July 13 for a new dispatch hall that was first proposed almost 20 years ago to serve Local 13 members in Wilmington. “It’s always a.īy admin | | Featured, March 2012 DipatcherFollowing the ILWU International Convention, the union’s Longshore Division convened a Caucus attended by delegates elected from Longshore, Clerk and Foremen Locals on June 11-15 at the Del Coronado Hotel near San Diego. The first order of business tackled by the board was to issue a charter for the newly-formed San Diego Pensioners group. Pensioner Executive Board meets charters new San Diego groupīy admin | | June 2012 Dispatcher, PensionersBoard members of the Pacific Coast Pensioners Association (PCPA) met in San Diego on Sunday, June 10, following the ILWU convention. Resolution # C-1: CONVENTION LOCATIONS Resolution # C-2: IEB.
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Programs and Policies of the ILWU’s 35th Conventionīy admin | | Featured, June 2012 DispatcherBelow is a list of the Programs and Policies passed by the ILWU’s 35th Convention held near San Diego, CA from June 4-8. International Secretary Treasurer Willie Adams presented a plaque to Williams, praising him as “A renaissance. “This new hall.īy admin | | June 2012 DispatcherLocal 10 members, pensioners, friends and family gathered for an honorary lunch on June 20th to celebrate the 89th birthday of ILWU icon Cleophus Williams. Local 13 members break ground on new dispatch hall in Wilmingtonīy admin | | Featured, July/Aug 2012 DispatcherShovels broke ground on Friday, July 13 for a new dispatch hall that was first proposed almost 20 years ago to serve Local 13 members in Wilmington.
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ILWU members mark sacrifice of the martyrs of the 1934 strike in Coast-wide Bloody Thursday celebrationsīy admin | | July/Aug 2012 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History Honoring the fallen: The Local 10 Drill Team stands at attention behind the ceremonial coffins representing Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise who were murdered by police on Jduring the waterfront strike.Up and down the West Coast, ILWU members and.