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.
EMT’s in Portland win election to join ILWU
A group of Emergency Medical Technician (EMTs) who keep Portland residents and visitors safe at the Convention Center and other public facilities recently won a victory for themselves and the public they serve by joining the ILWU.
Bill Kemp, longtime Canadian ILWU activist, passes away at the age of 86
Bill’s ILWU career spanned a period of almost 40 years between 1951 until his retirement in 1992. He served as Executive Board member and Vice-President of the old Vancouver Deepsea Local 501, and was elected to serve as Business Agent for 17 years in the amalgamated Local 500.
TWIC flunks latest test
Every longshore worker already knows what government investigators recently told Congress: the TWIC system is a failure.
ILWU Legislative Conference aims for political accountability
The Longshore Division Coast Committee, ILWU International officers, and Longshore Legislative Action Committee members and Pensioners gathered on May 20-24 for the union’s 2013 Legislative Conference in Washington, DC


