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Southern California ILWU Local 13 - Volume IX Number 2 - July - August, 2013
Bloody Thursday 2013
Our Solidarity
Makes Us Strong!
Photo by Richard Flores
Page 2 Off The Hook Volume IX, Number 2, July - August, 2013
ILWU Local 13
Calendar of Events
August - 2013
Regular Membership Meeting - 1st Thursday 7:30 p.m.
M & R Meeting 1st & 3rd Monday, 5:30 p.m.
ADA JPLRC 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.
Regular I.D. Meeting - 2nd Monday, 3p.m./7p.m.
Executive Board - 2nd Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
Executive Board - 4th Thursday, 12:30 p.m.
Regular LRC - 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.
Mechanic LRC - 3rd Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.
Class “B” LRC - 3rd Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.
Casual LRC - 2nd & 4th Monday, 9:30 a.m.
Websites: ilwu13.com and ilwu.org
ILWU Local 13 Telephone Numbers
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630 S. Centre Street
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ILWU Local 13 Executive Board
Chris Viramontes - President
Julie Brady - Vice-President
Mark Williams- Secretary-Treasurer
John Espinoza, Jr. - Day Business Agent
Luke Hollingsworth - Day Business Agent
Mario Medina, Jr. - Night Business Agent
Angel Blanco - Night Business Agent
Mark Mascola - LRC Representative
Harry Dong - LRC Representative
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Larry Manzo - Chairman of Stewards
Christine Aguirre
Richard Alvarez
Ray Benavente
Alberto Bonilla
Joe “JoJo” Cortez
Mike H. Dimon
Jesse “Nacho” Enriquez
Sunshine Garcia
Mark Jurisic
Andrew Kustich
Jeffrey Linares
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Larry Manzo
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Mondo Porras
Jerry “Scrub” Sanchez
Paul Sanchez
John Solaro
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Greg Viramontes
Ricardo Vasquez
Scotty Walker
Donald “Donny” White
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ILWU LOCAL 13 MEMBERS
NAME
NUMBER
Henry Aja
Joseph Friscia
Tommy Ramos
Paul Razevich
Margaret T. Bobadilla
Jose Jesus R. Molina
Edward Machado Jr.
Lorelii Hall
Raymond Perea
Sandra Arregui
Luis Sulsona
Heidi Fields
William E. Moore
Mike Contreas
Jesus “Jesse” Velo
Leonard Townsell
Sam J. Kostich
Hector Diaz
Fausto Gonzalez
Mark Passero
Elizardo “Gardena” Flores
38508
30810
33736
36305
35815
36811
33080
39553
132352
131399
38555
39428
33830
33395
132319
33528
32747
36666
39337
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Number
Retired List
132107
37509
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37030
36081
37325
37174
34780
35975
36955
37240
33844
39209
81732
35042
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33163
33208
07951
33776
34374
35069
34879
35705
37883
38539
38823
39064
132370
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(Active)
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(Retired)
(Active)
(Casual)
(Retired)
Jerry DiLeva
Andres R. Magana
Henry Pollard
Michael Villarico
Wayland Allen
Manuel Arroyo
Antonio M. Jaramillo
Cornelio R. Martinez
John T. Mingo
Raymond Brady
Michael Chiu
Maurice Johnson
Gregory S. Jones
Neil A. Tufford
Albert Gonzalez
William Houck
Grant E. Anderson
Ted D. Martizia
Guadalupe “Tomato” Villanueva
Philip “Gold Finger” Douglas
Paul C. Quinones
Peter Kobzoff
Walter Umana
Tommy Hurtado
Dana L. Keith
Uisik Cho
Joe Cubit
Robert Dragovcic
Gerald R. Apodaca
Irene M. Gaston
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Southern California ILWU Local 13 - Volume IX Number 2

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