by admin | Jan 2, 2020 | Featured, Political Action
Former Vice President Joe Biden and retired investor Tom Steyer became the 4th and 5th 2020 U.S. Presidential candidates to visit ILWU headquarters in San Francisco where both had separate free-ranging discussion with members of the International Executive Board....
by admin | Dec 11, 2019 | Featured
Editor’s note: The Dispatcher will be profiling ILWU Locals and Affiliates in the coming months. This profile of the IBU’s Southern California Region was the first one in the series and was drawn at random. Inlandboatmen’s Union, Southern California Region The...
by admin | Dec 5, 2019 | Featured
The struggles that the ILWU is facing have brought us to a watershed moment. We’re moving through a difficult storm in the path of our union’s rich history and continued story. There will be painful conversations. A few of our opponents have even written obituaries...
by admin | Oct 20, 2019 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2019 Dispatcher
ILWU’s International Officers have launched a series of regional meetings aimed at sharpening the union’s approach to organizing. The most recent involved a meeting and workshop for the Puget Sound Region that was held at Local 23 and attracted 30 participants. “Our...
by admin | Oct 18, 2019 | Featured
In January of this year, Gabriel Prawl was elected the first African-American President of the ILWU Clerks Local 52. Prawl was born in Panama. He immigrated to New York when he was 15 to join his parents who had moved there in the late 60s and early 70s. The Prawl...
by admin | Oct 18, 2019 | Events, Featured, October 2019 Dispatcher
Over 200 registered delegates and guests gathered at the Maritime Labour Centre in Vancouver, B.C., from September 4-6 for the fourth biennial ILWU Young Workers Conference. This was the largest Young Workers Conference yet with the largest delegation of workers from...
by admin | Oct 17, 2019 | Featured
With the passing of U.S. Congressional Representative Elijah Cummings, the nation has lost a leader, and the working people of our nation have lost a formidable champion and advocate. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings,...
by admin | Oct 15, 2019 | Featured
ILWU International President Willie Adams took an all-night “red-eye” flight to join striking members of the United Autoworkers Union in Michigan on Monday, October 14. “Solidarity is the most important thing union members can do for each other,” said Adams, who chose...
by admin | Oct 3, 2019 | Featured, Political Action, September 2019 Disaptcher
Three top contenders running for U.S. President met with ILWU International Executive Board members in August. Senators Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris each took several hours from their busy schedules to sit down with the Board, give short...
by admin | Oct 1, 2019 | Featured, September 2019 Disaptcher
Several thousand union members, families community supporters came out to celebrate the ruby anniversary of the Harbor Labor Coalition’s annual Labor Day Parade and Picnic. The event was the brain-child of ILWU Local 26 President Luisa Gratz. The Harbor Labor...
