by admin | Jun 8, 2020 | Featured
ILWU International Secretary-Treasurer Ed Ferris and International Executive Board member Melvin Mackay were interviewed by local television station KHOU in Houston. Ferris and Mackay, along with Local 19 member Tyrone Harvey, traveled to Houston to attend the...
by admin | May 29, 2020 | Featured
May 29, 2020 Governor Tim Walz Office of the Governor 130 State Capitol 75 Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. St. Paul, MN 55155 Governor Walz, On behalf of the membership of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), I am writing to demand that the...
by admin | May 14, 2020 | April 2020 Dispatcher, Featured
The cruise ship industry gained notoriety early this year after several Princess vessels became high-profile hotspots for COVID-19 outbreaks, spreading the virus to hundreds of passengers. The cruise industry operates 272 vessels worldwide that host 300 million...
by admin | May 14, 2020 | April 2020 Dispatcher, Featured
The year 2020 will be remembered as the Great Lockdown. The lengthy interruption of our lives will continue and so will the economic trauma. Consumer confidence may fail to improve and an economic reset will be essential for us to move forward. We have been waiting...
by admin | May 13, 2020 | April 2020 Dispatcher, Featured
ILWU International Vice President (Hawaii) Wesley Furtado passed away on March 15, 2020 at the age of 64. Wes rose from humble beginnings as a second-generation longshore worker in a working-class family who became a widely respected leader within the ILWU and the...
