ILWU Library and Archives
The ILWU Archives houses a digital collection of all the issues of The Dispatcher newspaper, Voice of the Federation, and the Waterfont Worker.
The Docker Podcast
Produced and hosted by rank and file longshore workers who take on issues about local, national, and international labor struggles. The views expressed do not represent the ILWU or its affiliates.
Job Corps’ Tongue Point Seamanship Academy is training the next generation of maritime workers
A delegation of ILWU officers from the IBU and ILWU toured theSeamanship Academy at Tongue Point in Astoria, OR.
Richard Cavalli – Bay Area Clerks leader
Longtime Local 34 and ILWU leader Richard Cavalli passed on January 14, 2016 at the age of 75
Adams elected SF Port Commission President
ILWU International Secretary Treasurer Willie Adams was unanimously elected President of the San Francisco Port Commission on January 20
Ralph Rooker: mentor of new leaders
The strikingly tall, lanky figure of Ralph Rooker, who was a regular fixture at Local 10’s dispatch hall and Longshore Caucus meetings for more than...


