by admin | Jan 26, 2018 | Featured, January 2018 Dispatcher
The better pay, benefits and rights on the job that ILWU members and other union workers have enjoyed for decades are being challenged this year by a clever plan to weaken unions, called “right to work.” Supreme Court’s “Janus” case The U.S. Supreme Court recently...
by admin | Dec 28, 2017 | December 2017 Dispatcher
Lou Loveridge was an active participant and shaper of history during his ninety years that included a deep commitment to the ILWU and lifelong devotion to trade unionism that ended peacefully on November 16, 2017. He was born on November 13, 1923 in the tiny community...
by admin | Dec 19, 2017 | December 2017 Dispatcher, Featured, Helping Our Community
Each year, volunteers from different West Coast regions gather and receive a “thank you” for donating their time and effort to help fellow union members who are struggling to be free from alcohol and drug abuse. The volunteers all participate in the Alcoholism and...
by admin | Dec 19, 2017 | Featured, Solidarity, Uncategorized
When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico on September 20, it left millions of Americans on the island without access to clean water, food and electricity. After hearing news reports of the devastation and humanitarian crisis – and slow response by FEMA to provide...
by admin | Dec 19, 2017 | December 2017 Dispatcher, Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs
More than 300 ILWU members from ports up and down the West Coast led a spirited march through a chilly Northwest rain on November 8 to make their voices loud and clear at the gate of Kalama Export Company (KEX). They shouted their demand in unison: What do we want?...
by admin | Nov 17, 2017 | Featured, November 2017 Dispatcher
ILWU Canada held its third biennial Young Workers Convention at the Maritime Labour Center in Vancouver, British Columbia on September 27-29. The theme for this year’s conference was “Internationalism: Solidarity Beyond Borders.” Internationalism and solidarity were...
by admin | Nov 17, 2017 | Featured, November 2017 Dispatcher
The Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU), ILWU’s Marine Division, is blowing the whistle on a dangerous plan to replace experienced union mariners who have successfully protected Alaska’s pristine Prince William Sound for almost three decades – with a cut-rate, nonunion...
by admin | Nov 17, 2017 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, November 2017 Dispatcher
On October 5th, newly organized ILWU members were sworn into Local 63 as part of an on-going campaign to organize the superintendents in the ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach. Superintendents from Pasha, Eagle Marine Services (Operations Center), California United...
by admin | Oct 17, 2017 | Featured, October 2017 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
and turbulent origins. 1934 longshore strike headquarters The story begins almost ten years ago when the Commonwealth Club – America’s oldest public affairs forum – began searching for a site to build their new headquarters in San Francisco. They discovered a...
by admin | Oct 17, 2017 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2017 Dispatcher
The Inlandboatmen’s Union, the marine division of the ILWU, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the training hall of their newly established apprenticeship program. The IBU apprenticeship is a two-year program that will provide mariners with the skills and knowledge to...
