by admin | Mar 11, 2022 | Featured
Featured Unity and strength at the Longshore Division Contract Caucus Close to 100 delegates from 29 West Coast ports from San Diego, CA, to Bellingham, WA, who were elected by members of the ILWU’s Longshore Division, met in Long Beach, CA from January 31-February 11...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | From the Titled Officers
From the Titled Officers U.S. Senate confirms former ILWU Local 52 member Max Vekich as Federal Maritime Commissioner Max Vekich, a retired member of ILWU Local 52, was confirmed as the fifth member of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) by the U.S. Senate on...
by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | Book review
Book review Book review Herb Mills: A Tribute (Euclid Avenue Press, 2021) Former Local 10 Secretary-Treasurer Herb Mills is the subject of a biography published in 2021 that chronicles the life of this longshore leader and working-class intellectual whose activism...
by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | Featured
Featured WE ARE THE ILWU: Local 29, SAN DIEGO, CA ILWU Local 29 in San Diego, CA is one of several small port locals that are multi-charter. The local represents both marine clerks and longshore workers. “In San Diego, we have 25 marine clerks, 110 Class A longshore...
by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | Featured, In memoriam
Featured In memoriam Warren Shelton, Local 46 President passes away ILWU Local 46 President Warren Shelton passed away suddenly on December 30, 2021. Warren was widely known in the union as a dedicated labor leader who cared deeply about the ILWU and its members....
