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.
Unity and strength at the Longshore Division Contract Caucus
Close to 100 delegates from 29 West Coast ports from San Diego, CA, to Bellingham, WA, who were elected by members of the ILWU’s Longshore Division,...
U.S. Senate confirms former ILWU Local 52 member Max Vekich as Federal Maritime Commissioner
Max Vekich, a retired member of ILWU Local 52, was confirmed as the fifth member of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) by the U.S. Senate on...
Book review Herb Mills: A Tribute (Euclid Avenue Press, 2021)
Former Local 10 Secretary-Treasurer Herb Mills is the subject of a biography published in 2021 that chronicles the life of this longshore leader and...
WE ARE THE ILWU: Local 29, SAN DIEGO, CA
ILWU Local 29 in San Diego, CA is one of several small port locals that are multi-charter. The local represents both marine clerks and longshore...


