by admin | Feb 8, 2019 | Featured
Los Angeles teachers won a carefully-organized six-day strike in January that will deliver smaller class sizes, more nurses and counselors, and greater accountability of private charter schools in the nation’s second largest school system. Early challenges Organizing...
by admin | Feb 6, 2019 | Featured
David Arian, a major force in the ILWU for four decades who identified with the rank-and-file membership, called himself a “radical” and rose to become International President, died January 2 at the age of 72, surrounded by friends and family in his hometown of San...
by admin | Dec 19, 2018 | Featured
On Sunday, November 11, 2018, over 250 people gathered at the University of Washington in Seattle to celebrate the contributions of students, faculty and working people to labor research and advocacy. The Labor Studies awards banquet, which has been held annually for...
by admin | Dec 19, 2018 | Featured
The Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU) – one of the nation’s largest inland maritime unions and the ILWU’s Marine Division – celebrated their 100th anniversary and 24th Convention in Seattle on November 11-15. The IBU’s history, accomplishments and struggles were highlighted...
by admin | Oct 31, 2018 | Featured
The ILWU’s first contested election in 18 years has yielded a new leadership team led by International President Willie Adams, Vice President (Mainland) Bobby Olvera, Jr., and Secretary- Treasurer Ed Ferris. Incumbent Wesley Furtado was re-elected to a sixth term as...
