by admin | Mar 27, 2020 | Featured
SAN PEDRO — Members of ILWU Locals 13, 63 and 94 welcomed the USNS Mercy Friday, working together to tie up the ship as it docked in the Port of Los Angeles. The Mercy was escorted by two Foss Maritime tugs crewed by members of the Inlandboatmen’s Union, the maritime...
by admin | Mar 17, 2020 | Featured
“Stay safe, stay strong, stay united. We will all get through this together.” -ILWU International President Willie Adams
by admin | Mar 16, 2020 | Featured
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Wesley “Wes” Furtado, ILWU International Vice President, Hawaii. Wes started on the waterfront in 1978 as a second-generation longshoreman and member of ILWU Local 142. During his time on the...
by admin | Mar 10, 2020 | Featured
As 2019 drew to a close, U.S. Representative John Lewis of Georgia, released a brief statement that he had recently been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. “I have been in some kind of fight – for freedom, equality, basic human rights – for nearly my entire...
by admin | Mar 6, 2020 | Featured
Former ILWU International President David Arian who also served as Vice President of the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners was remembered one year after his passing with a ceremony that dedicated a street and bench in his honor on February 8th in San Pedro....
by admin | Mar 6, 2020 | Featured
A popular Bay Area bakery with loyal customers, delicious baked goods and dramatic expansion plans now has an overwhelming majority of workers organizing to join the ILWU. Tartine workers kicked-off their union campaign on February 6 when employees at each of the...
