by Roy San Filippo | Apr 8, 2024 | Featured
Featured Local 23’s ‘Celebration of Black History and Labor’ event revives Tacoma longshore tradition ILWU Local 23 celebrated Black History Month by holding an event titled “A Celebration of Black History and Labor” on February 18 at Tacoma’s Foss Waterway...
by Roy San Filippo | Apr 8, 2024 | Featured, Organizing
Featured Organizing Four Seasons warehouse workers sworn in as members of Local 29-A after ratifying first contract Substantial gains won after three-year organizing battle, help and solidarity from ILWU members across Southern California Five new members of ILWU...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 6, 2023 | Featured
Featured Stax Engineering on a mission to reduce air pollution in California’s ports New IBU signatory deploys new technology to capture CO2 and other harmful vessel emissions Air pollution in and around our ports impacts the health not only of port workers but also...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 4, 2023 | Featured
Featured See it! Believe it! Be it!: Second Annual ILWU Women’s Conference builds camaraderie and power More than 100 delegates and guests attended the Second Annual ILWU Women’s Conference in San Francisco on October 20-22. The conference brought together women from...
by Roy San Filippo | Nov 17, 2023 | Featured
ILWU Statement on President Biden’s Global Labor Directive November 17, 2023 (San Francisco, CA) –The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) applauds President Joe Biden’s announcement of the Presidential Memorandum on Advancing Worker Empowerment,...
by Roy San Filippo | Oct 16, 2023 | Featured
Powell’s Bookstore workers send message with “No Labor” Day strikeOctober 16, 2023 12:36 pm On Labor Day, September 4, more than 300 workers at Powell’s Books represented by Local 5 in Portland, OR went on a one-day “unfair labor practices” strike (ULP) at...
