by Roy San Filippo | May 13, 2025 | Featured, From the Titled Officers
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...
by Roy San Filippo | Apr 28, 2025 | Featured, From the Titled Officers
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...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 23, 2024 | From the Titled Officers
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...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 10, 2024 | From the Titled Officers
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...
by Roy San Filippo | Aug 1, 2024 | Featured, From the Titled Officers
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....
by Roy San Filippo | Jun 15, 2023 | From the Titled Officers
From the Titled Officers Statement by ILWU President Willie Adams SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 15, 2022) – The ILWU is pleased to have reached a tentative agreement with PMA last night. While the final decision is up to our members, we feel our time at the bargaining table...
