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- Guide for new members
- Introduction
- Negotiated wages and benefits
- Problems on the job
- House rules and discipline
- Membership services
- Union Plus benefits
- Strength and democracy
- Your dues at work
- Your responsibilities
- Contact the ILWU
- Labor education classes
- ILWU Labor Institute
- Steward and leadership classes
- UH Center for Labor Education and Research class
schedule
Labor education resources
- Books and Videotapes
- Posters & Handouts
- If you are sexually harassed . . .
- Your rights in an investigatory interview
- Union rights card
- Unions 101 (English)
- Unions 101 (Espaņol)
- ILWU History
- The Plantation System
- The Big Five
- Living Standards
- The Formation of Local 142
- The Great 1946 Sugar Strike
- 1949—Dockworkers Fight for Parity
- Six Decades of Militant Unionism
- ILWU Leaders
- Harry Bridges
- Jack Hall
- Harry Kamoku
A Guide
For New Members
PROBLEMS ON THE JOB?
CONTACT THE UNION!
As a member of a Union, you have rights on the job. With the ILWU you have the combined
strength and experience of the Union on your side.
You have the right to have a Union Steward or Business Agent help you with any problem on
the job. You have the right to ask for a Union Representative if the company calls you
into a meeting which may lead to a disciplinary action.
You put yourself at a disadvantage when you try to settle a problem by yourself, or when
you fail to let your Union know of problems you and your fellow workers have.
When you try to settle problems yourself, your supervisor may agree and then change his
mind the next day. Or you may agree to something that may hurt your fellow workers.
The best way is the Union way, where you have the combined strength of other workers
beside you.
If you have a problem on the job—THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD DO IS TALK TO YOUR UNION
STEWARD OR REPRESENTATIVE.
The union contract spells out a step-by-step process called the Grievance Procedure. It is
a method of handling job related problems. The grievance procedure has time limits, so you
should contact the Union as soon as possible.