by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | Featured
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...
by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | Featured
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...
by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | Featured
Eighteen months of difficult negotiations concluded on May 30 with a tentative agreement between ILWU Canada longshore workers and the British Columbia Maritime Employers’ Association (BCMEA). The proposed contract covers almost 7,000 dockworkers employed at...
by admin | Jun 5, 2019 | Featured
More than 100 union members, community leaders, friends and family came from as far as Hawaii, Alaska and Australia to Seattle’s Labor Temple on the evening of May 18 where they remembered and honored their departed brother, Alan Michael Coté, who led the...
by admin | Jun 5, 2019 | Featured
A record 83 ILWU members, officers, and staff who oversee local finances attended the Secretary-Treasurers Conference in Seattle on May 19-24. The five-day training used a combination of interactive exercises and presentations from experts to help participants...
by admin | May 15, 2019 | Featured
The campaign to save good jobs and quality service provided by Alaska ferry workers continued in March and through April. Trouble started when the governor proposed slashing the state’s Marine Highway System budget by 75% – along with other vital services. Members of...
