by admin | Mar 20, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates
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by admin | Mar 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
ILWU Local 502’s flags are at half-staff to honor ILWU International Vice President (Hawaii) Wes Furtado who passed away this week. Download a PDF of the Local 502 letter of condolence.
by admin | Mar 17, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates
TO: All ILWU Locals and AffiliatesFROM: William E. Adams, International PresidentBobby Olvera, Jr., International Vice President, Mainland Ed Ferris, International Secretary-TreasurerSUBJECT: Update on COVID-19DATE: March 17, 2020 We are reaching out to acknowledge...
by admin | Mar 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
William E. AdamsInternational PresidentInternational Longshore & Warehouse UnionMarch 17, 2020Dear Brother Will,On behalf of the members, affiliates and officers of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) please...
by admin | Mar 17, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Featured
“Stay safe, stay strong, stay united. We will all get through this together.” -ILWU International President Willie Adams
by admin | Mar 16, 2020 | Featured
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Wesley “Wes” Furtado, ILWU International Vice President, Hawaii. Wes started on the waterfront in 1978 as a second-generation longshoreman and member of ILWU Local 142. During his time on the...
by admin | Mar 16, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Uncategorized
TO: ILWU Coast Longshore Division LocalsFROM: William E. Adams, International PresidentSUBJECT: Industry UpdateDATE: March 13, 2020 I am reaching out to acknowledge the challenging times that we are in and to invoke the strength and humanity of the ILWU family as we...
by admin | Mar 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Union supporters win big in Berkeley & lead SF count despite company’s anti-union effort SAN FRANCISCO – Workers at the Bay Area’s famous Tartine bakery outlets held union elections yesterday and today where they voted in favor of forming unions. Yesterday’s vote...
by admin | Mar 10, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Uncategorized
By HAYLEY MUNGUIA PUBLISHED: March 8, 2020 at 9:17 a.m. | UPDATED: March 9, 2020 at 4:06 a.m. While the cruise industry takes a beating over the coronavirus, some passengers disembarking the Carnival Panorama on Sunday morning...
by admin | Mar 10, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Uncategorized
San Francisco, CA (March 6, 2020)—The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) issued the following joint statement today in response to the impact of the spread of the coronavirus on dockworkers and...
