by Roy San Filippo | Apr 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the News Trump Administration strips TSA workers of right to collectively bargain The Department of Homeland Security unilaterally terminated the collective bargaining agreement that covers 47,000 TSA workers who provide aviation security at more than 400 U.S....
by Roy San Filippo | Apr 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Remembering Our History Kevin Castle, first woman crane operator in the Port of Seattle In 1980, the Seattle waterfront was forever changed with the registration of twelve women into Local 19. They were the first ever recorded women to work in longshore in the 100-...
by Roy San Filippo | Apr 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the News ‘A president is not a king’: Federal court reinstates NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox Strongly worded ruling calls her firing blatantly illegal In a 36-page order, U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell said the firing of Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor...
by Roy San Filippo | Feb 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
In memoriam Don Liddle, former IBU President and ITF Inspector passes away Don Liddle, former President of the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific (IBU) the marine division of the ILWU, passed away on July 3. Liddle was born in Davenport, Washington on January 21,...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
The ILWU mourns the passing of President Jimmy CarterDecember 30, 2024 10:15 am The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) joins the nation and the world in mourning the passing of President Jimmy Carter, the 38th President of the United States and 2002...
by Roy San Filippo | May 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
A new podcast, Organize the Unorganized, tells the story of the CIO Despite an exciting year of strikes and labor activity, union density more or less stayed flat in 2023 at 10%, and it remains at a dismal 6% in the private sector. As unions have declined in size and...
