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.
Logistics workers use supply chain power to win
Two hundred workers at Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics in Tacoma join ILWU with grit, determination, and solidarity “Our union makes us strong!” ...
Alcatraz City Cruises workers strike
Four-hour Unfair Labor Practices strike underscores worker frustration with ‘employer stalling tactics’ Workers at Alcatraz Cruises represented by...
ILWU members gather to honor fallen workers on 90th Anniversary of ‘First Blood’
On May 15, more than 400 ILWU members, pensioners, and officers from Locals 13, 63, 63-OCU, 94, 26, 56, Inlandboatmen’s Union, the LA Port Police,...
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...
UW conference on international workers’ rights Friday, March 8
Friday, March 8 10:00am – 4:00pm
Parrington Hall, Forum (Room 309) University of Washington, Seattle campus
Recycling workers will expose the “dirty secrets” behind East Bay recycling operations
On Saturday February 2nd, hundreds of recycling workers will gather in Oakland to expose a host of serious problems to an audience of elected officials and policy makers who oversee this supposedly “green” industry
