by admin | Oct 25, 2022 | Featured
Local 7’s years-long efforts pay off with new regular cargo service Pensioners lend their knowledge as Bellingham recovers from 20-year downturn When the Blue Everton bulk carrier arrived at the Port of Bellingham on October 15 and Local 7 loaded the vessel...
by admin | Aug 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
ILWU Local 5 raises money for striking Alabama coal minersAugust 19, 2022 3:25 pm In 2010, when our ILWU Local 30 siblings at the Rio Tinto borax mine in Boron, CA were locked out by their employer, ILWU Local 5 hosted its first ever “Drinking for Miners’’ event. A...
by admin | Aug 19, 2022 | Featured
ILWU activists flock to Labor Notes conference amid labor movement resurgenceAugust 19, 2022 2:39 pm On Juneteenth weekend, more than 70 rank-and-file ILWU members joined with 4,000 other labor activists at the Labor Notes conference in Chicago. The event featured...
by admin | Jul 25, 2022 | Featured
Featured Jim Norton: “Union Man” On January 18, the ILWU lost a brilliant, dedicated, and humble mentor, Jim Norton. Brought up in a decidedly working-class community, Jim was a lifelong union man and one of the best leaders ever produced by ILWU Local 23. He was a...
by admin | Jul 8, 2022 | Featured
Featured Diversity is strength: ILWU’s first Annual Women, Trans, and Non-binary Workers’ Conference The ILWU held the First Annual Women, Trans, and Non-binary Workers’ Conference on April 26 and 30. The event was held online over Zoom. The conference was the result...
