Featured From the Titled Officers ILWU Statement of Policy Opposing Anti-Worker Artificial Intelligence and Automation Technologies The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) strongly opposes the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation...
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...
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...
We’ve Got Work to DoDecember 23, 2024 1:17 am Sisters, Brothers, and Fellow Workers, In 2018, I received a call from ILWU Vice President Wesley Furtado that set me on a path to run for International office. He asked me to come to Hawaii to meet with him and members of...
Willie Adams’ final columnDecember 10, 2024 9:59 am Let me start this farewell message by saying that this has been the hardest column I have ever written. The ILWU has been a blessed part of my life and my family for the last 46 years. I will be taking my leave on...
Featured From the Titled Officers ILWU International Executive Board Endorses Kamala Harris for President The Executive Board of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President in a special meeting on July 25....
