by Roy San Filippo | Jul 18, 2025 | Featured, Organizing
Featured Organizing “Heat & Hammer” Wins historic first contract at Wallenius in Tacoma Local 23 welcomes 150 new workers; here’s how we won After ten months of bargaining and holding strong against an aggressive union busting campaign, 150 workers at the...
by Roy San Filippo | Jul 16, 2025 | Featured
Featured African-American longshore leader Len Greer helped build the ILWU’s culture of solidarity The ILWU was founded in 1937, but its roots lie in the West Coast waterfront strike of 1934. That strike forever changed labor relations on the docks and planted the...
by Roy San Filippo | Jun 24, 2025 | Featured
Featured Call to Action: Stop the AI provision in the Reconciliation bill URGENT: Call to Action: As soon as tomorrow, the Senate will be finalizing their Senate Reconciliation bill with an extremely dangerous provision that would ban states from regulating AI and...
by Roy San Filippo | May 13, 2025 | Featured, From the Titled Officers
It’s about policies, not political parties or politiciansMay 13, 2025 12:03 pm President’s message: Bobby Olvera, Jr. International President Sisters, Brothers, and Fellow Workers, After the November presidential election, the Dispatcher wrote: “With Republican...
by Roy San Filippo | May 13, 2025 | Featured
Featured LEAD Institute trains next generation of ILWU leaders in Tacoma The ILWU held its Leadership, Education, and Development (LEAD) Institute from April 13-18 in Tacoma, Washington. LEAD is a key component of the ILWU’s education program and is held every three...
by Roy San Filippo | Apr 28, 2025 | Featured, From the Titled Officers
Featured From the Titled Officers Statement of Policy in Support of the Rights of all Workers to Collectively Bargain The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) reaffirms its position that all working people must have the right to unionize and collectively...
