by Roy San Filippo | Jan 15, 2026 | Featured
Tacoma recognizes President Emeritus Willie Adams with street named in his honor ILWU members and pensioners, city officials, and community supporters gathered in Tacoma on December 5 to observe the unveiling of a new street sign in honor of ILWU President Emeritus...
by Roy San Filippo | Jan 8, 2026 | Featured, Organizing
Rebuilding the union at Bio-Rad Melody Resendiz has worked at Bio-Rad, a manufacturer of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, for nearly nine years. She is part of a group of workers at the company’s campus in Hercules, CA, who are leading an...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 17, 2025 | Events, Featured
ILWU Women’s Conference celebrates trailblazers and paths towards leadership More than 150 delegates and guests attended the Third Annual ILWU Women’s Conference in Maui from September 27-29. The conference brought together women from across the ILWU’s divisions to...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 17, 2025 | Events, Featured
People over Profit: Global anti-automation conference brings together maritime, transport workers for historic conference Hundreds of dockworkers, seafarers, and transportationworkers from over 60 countries gathered in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 5-6 forthe “People...
by Roy San Filippo | Oct 30, 2025 | Featured
United in Struggle: 2025 Young Workers Conference More than 150 delegates and guests gathered at the Maritime Labour Centre in Vancouver, B.C., from September 10 to 12, for the sixth ILWU Young Workers Conference, which aimed to empower workers, foster leader[1]ship,...
by Roy San Filippo | Oct 7, 2025 | Featured
MUA hosts historic International First Nations Maritime Workers Conference In July, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) hosted the historic International First Nations Maritime Workers Conference in Sydney, Australia. The event brought together over 100 Indigenous...
