by Roy San Filippo | Dec 23, 2024 | From the Titled Officers
We’ve Got Work to DoDecember 23, 2024 1:17 am Sisters, Brothers, and Fellow Workers, In 2018, I received a call from ILWU Vice President Wesley Furtado that set me on a path to run for International office. He asked me to come to Hawaii to meet with him and members of...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 12, 2024 | Featured
Featured PCPA convention meets in Vancouver The Pacific Coast Pensioners Association (PCPA) held their 55th Annual Convention from September 18-20 in Vancouver, British Columbia. A total of 147 delegates and guests attended this year’s meeting. The topics tackled at...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 12, 2024 | Featured
Featured ILWU golf tournaments raise money for local community Two recent annual ILWU golf tournaments—the Tri-Party Golf Tournament in Southern California and the Wesley Furtado Golf Tournament in Hawaii—provided participants with a fun day of golfing while doing the...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 12, 2024 | Featured
Local 142, Hawaii Longshore Division receive special recognition at annual AOTOS awards Local 142 and the Hawaii Longshore Division received a special recognition award at the 55th annual Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Awards in New York on October 25 for their...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 10, 2024 | From the Titled Officers
Willie Adams’ final columnDecember 10, 2024 9:59 am Let me start this farewell message by saying that this has been the hardest column I have ever written. The ILWU has been a blessed part of my life and my family for the last 46 years. I will be taking my leave on...
by Roy San Filippo | Nov 8, 2024 | Featured
Featured ILWU members elect new leadership team: Olvera, Whitman, Wolff, and Ferris Coast Committeemen Williams & Ponce De Leon sworn in with new International Executive Board members,Titled Officers A new leadership team– led by International President Bobby...
by Roy San Filippo | Oct 10, 2024 | Featured
Washington Governor’s Race Puts Workers’ Rights on the Ballot While in Congress, Dave Reichert targeted the rights of ILWU workers Election Day is almost here and ILWU members and their families are in trouble depending on who becomes the next Governor of Washington...
by Roy San Filippo | Sep 24, 2024 | Featured
Featured 2024 elections: What’s at stake for ILWU members The outcome of the November presidential and congressional elections will have important consequences for working-class voters, union members, and the ILWU. In July, the ILWU’s International Executive Board...
by Roy San Filippo | Aug 1, 2024 | Featured, From the Titled Officers
Featured From the Titled Officers ILWU International Executive Board Endorses Kamala Harris for President The Executive Board of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President in a special meeting on July 25....
by Roy San Filippo | Jun 11, 2024 | Featured
Featured Alleged labor trafficking in Washington spotlights vulnerability of foreign fishing vessel workers ITF, community activists, seek justice, accountability, and wages for the ‘United 6’ The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) is raising awareness...
