shipping industry

Tugboat

By Erik Loomis

In General

On April 10, 2022

While most everyone in the labor writing world is having hot takes on Amazon, Sarah Jaffe continues to explore the myriad ways people are getting screwed over in industries far off our radar screen, such as tugboat workers: When we talk about global shipping, most...

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The Forgotten Workers

By Erik Loomis

On September 13, 2020

Of all the workers dealing with their own private hells during the pandemic, none have it worse than sailors stuck at sea. Ralph Santillan, a merchant seaman from the Philippines,.

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How We Talk About Strikes

By Erik Loomis

On February 21, 2015

It looks as if the labor dispute between the longshoremen's union (ILWU) and west coast ports is about over, as Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez has been working hard to.

This Day in Labor History: March 4, 1915

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 4, 2014

On March 4, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson signed the LaFollette Seamen's Act, creating standards for working conditions on boats that the U.S. would enforce on all ships stopping at American ports, whether under American flags or not. It was not only a major early victory...

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