The Harry Bridges Institute established the Adopt-A-UFCW-Family program Dec. 29, 2003 to help the striking and locked-out grocery workers in Southern California. The HBI’s first official fundraising announcements were made at the Jan. 12, 2004 stop-work meetings of ILWU Locals 13, 63 and 94. The list below documents all the financial contributions from ILWU affiliates and members the HBI and The Dispatcher have been able to track. Many other individual contributions were sent directly to the UFCW.

ILWU International - $5,000.00
ILWU Local 63 - $25,000.00 per month for three months totaling $75,000.00
ILWU Local 63 - rank and file $8,217.00
ILWU Local 13 - $100,000.00 directly to the UFCW for 272 families for healthcare
ILWU Local 13 - rank and file $38,534.91
ILWU Local 94 - $100.00 per member assessment totaling $30,638.00 (an additional $30,000. will come in next week)
ILWU Local 94 rank and file - $300.00
ILWU Local 68 Port Pilots - $4,000.00
ILWU Local 68 rank and file - $1,200.00
ILWU Local 63 Office Clerical Unit – $10,000.00 sent to UFCW trust for healthcare
ILWU Local 63 Office Clerical rank and file – $300.00
ILWU Credit Union - $5,000.00
ILWU Southern California Pensioners Group - $5,000.00
ILWU Local 10 - $50,000.00
ILWU Local 46 - $10,000
ILWU Local 54 - $2,000.00
ILWU Local 34 - $5,000.00
ILWU Local 91- $1,000.00
ILWU Local 21 general fund - $100.00
ILWU Local 19 rank and file - $700.00
ILWU Local 23 - $1,000
ILWU Local 8 - $500
ILWU Local 40 $1,520
ILWU Local 6 - $800
ILWU Ladies Auxiliary #8 - $200.00

Adopt–A–UFCW–Family (miscellaneous contributions from community and daily mail) $8,002.00

GRAND TOTAL - $381,191.91