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.
The ILWU, which has issued several statements of support for the nation’s railroad workers throughout negotiations, issued a statement on November...
Local 56 Ship Scalers reach tentative agreement with NRC Environmental Services
Local 56 Ship Scalers and Painters Union has worked in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for decades providing vessel and tank maintenance, oil recovery, and other hazardous waste removal
Local 7’s years-long efforts pay off with new regular cargo service
When the Blue Everton bulk carrier arrived at the Port of Bellingham on October 15 and Local 7 loaded the vessel with recycled metals, the event marked the beginning of a new era – and the end of a 20-year drought of regular service at the U.S. West Coast’s northernmost port
ILWU Local 5 raises money for striking Alabama coal miners
In 2010, when our ILWU Local 30 siblings at the Rio Tinto borax mine in Boron, CA were locked out by their employer, ILWU Local 5 hosted its first...


