by admin | Mar 4, 2019 | February 2019 Dispatcher
A record number of rank and- file women attended last year’s “Women Build Nations” conference in Seattle on October 12-14. The annual event aims to support women who are already working or training to become members of 14 different building trade unions that operate...
by admin | Mar 4, 2019 | Featured, February 2019 Dispatcher, Uncategorized
Sitting in his office, newly elected ILWU Local 34 President Keith Shanklin recalls the first time that he saw the working waterfront. “I remember going to an amusement park in Long Beach called the Pike which had a view of the Port,” Shanklin said. He remembered...
by admin | Feb 8, 2019 | Featured, Helping Our Community, January 2019 Dispatcher
Los Angeles teachers won a carefully-organized six-day strike in January that will deliver smaller class sizes, more nurses and counselors, and greater accountability of private charter schools in the nation’s second largest school system. Early challenges Organizing...
by admin | Feb 6, 2019 | Featured, January 2019 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
David Arian, a major force in the ILWU for four decades who identified with the rank-and-file membership, called himself a “radical” and rose to become International President, died January 2 at the age of 72, surrounded by friends and family in his hometown of San...
by admin | Dec 19, 2018 | December 2018 Dispatcher, Featured, Remembering Our History
On Sunday, November 11, 2018, over 250 people gathered at the University of Washington in Seattle to celebrate the contributions of students, faculty and working people to labor research and advocacy. The Labor Studies awards banquet, which has been held annually for...
by admin | Dec 19, 2018 | Featured
The Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU) – one of the nation’s largest inland maritime unions and the ILWU’s Marine Division – celebrated their 100th anniversary and 24th Convention in Seattle on November 11-15. The IBU’s history, accomplishments and struggles were highlighted...
by admin | Oct 31, 2018 | Featured
The ILWU’s first contested election in 18 years has yielded a new leadership team led by International President Willie Adams, Vice President (Mainland) Bobby Olvera, Jr., and Secretary- Treasurer Ed Ferris. Incumbent Wesley Furtado was re-elected to a sixth term as...
by admin | Oct 19, 2018 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2018 Dispatcher
When workers go to work during the summer months at Rite Aid’s Distribution Center in the Mojave Desert, their million-square-foot steel building without air conditioning can sometimes feel like an oven. Danger is real Laboring inside hot buildings has long been...
by admin | Oct 18, 2018 | Featured, October 2018 Dispatcher, Pensioners
The Pacific Coast Pensioners Association (PCPA) held their 51st Annual Convention from September 16-19 in Portland, OR. A total of 154 people attended this year’s meeting including 88 PCPA delegates who tackled issues ranging from Long Term Health Care Insurance to...
by admin | Sep 5, 2018 | Events
Support for former ILWU International President Dave Arian
