ILWU
  • Dispatcher Newspaper
    • Current Issue
    • Past Issues
  • About
    • International Officers
    • ILWU Executive Board
    • Ten Guiding Principles
    • How our union works
    • History
      • The ILWU Story
      • Oral Histories
      • Books and Videos
  • Contact
    • Executive Offices
    • ILWU Local Unions
    • District Councils
    • Longshore Division
    • Hawaii
    • Canada
    • Alaska
    • Inlandboatmens’ Union
    • American Radio Assoc.
    • ITF
    • ILWU-PMA Benefit Plans
    • Recovery Programs
    • Pensioners Associations
    • Federated Auxiliaries
    • Directory update form
  • Political Action Fund
Select Page

Book Review: A History of America in Ten Strikes by Erik Loomis, The New Press (2018)

by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | June 2019 Dispatcher

The assault on American workers by employers, government and the courts has increased recently, making it more difficult to organize and negotiate contracts, At the same time, sympathy toward unions from the general public has also increased – along with growing...
John Fisher, Jr. is still diggin’ the downbeat

John Fisher, Jr. is still diggin’ the downbeat

by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | Featured, June 2019 Dispatcher

Thanks to the ILWU, I’ve been able to pursue my passion as a jazz musician with performances in the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world. Learning from jazz giants My love for music – especially jazz – began at a young age. My Dad was a Local 34 Ship’s Clerk...
ILWU honorary member Paul Robeson memorialized at Rutgers University

ILWU honorary member Paul Robeson memorialized at Rutgers University

by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | Featured, June 2019 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History

One hundred years ago, a remarkable young man graduated from Rutgers University in the spring of 1919. At the time, Paul Leroy Robeson was only the third African-American allowed to enroll in the New Jersey campus during its 150-year existence. Robeson entered with an...

Workers win organizing victory at Pier 80 in San Francisco

by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | June 2019 Dispatcher

Workers who prepare and process Tesla vehicles on San Francisco’s Pier 80 for shipment to Asia voted to join the ILWU in an election held on May 29 and certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in June. The effort dates back to a more ambitious plan...
  • Book Review: Save Our Unions
  • WE ARE THE ILWU: Local 29, SAN DIEGO, CA
  • Bayer workers fight for good jobs in Berkeley
  • Honoring MLK’s commitment to economic justice
  • PMA, ILWU Announce West Coast Waterfront Contract FMCS, Cabinet Secretaries Played Key Roles

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress