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.
SoCal unions celebrate Labor Day in the Harbor
The Los Angeles Harbor Coalition’s Labor Day Parade attracted several thousand union workers
Longshore Workers Vote to Oppose Coal Exports in Oakland
Oakland shouldn’t become the dumping ground for dirty, low value cargoes rejected at other ports, union says. There are better cargoes for that location that will bring good waterfront jobs to Oakland.
In memory of longshore workers killed in 1886 at the port of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
On June 9, 1886, the Queen was docked in Nanaimo, British Columbia, where a powerful blast ripped through the ship’s hold, taking the lives of the six charter members of the SL&RU
Legislative attack targets ILWU longshore workers
ILWU longshore workers recently found themselves being targeted by Republican members in Congress


