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.
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...
ILWU, community coalition, defeats proposed baseball stadium on Oakland waterfront
Stadium redevelopment project posed threat to waterfront jobs and regional economic engine By Melvin MackayLocal 10 In late 2018, the Oakland A’s,...
ILWU Canada’s International Women’s Day Event
By Jessica Isbister3rd Vice President, ILWU Canada In 2023 there was a letter circulated advertising leadership training for trade union women. At...
ILWU Statement on the Derek Chauvin Verdict
Real justice means an end to systemic racism in this country.
President’s Message, March 2021
The country is opening up and we are looking ahead and looking forward as we pass the 1-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown across...


