by admin | May 20, 2015 | Featured, February 2015 Dispatcher
On May 1, 200 ILWU members from Locals 10, 34, 61, 6 and the Inlandboatmen’s Union joined with hundreds of community members to march from the Port of Oakland to Oakland’s City Hall. Their purpose was to protest violent and racist actions by abusive police officers....
by admin | May 15, 2015 | February 2015 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
Hundreds of union members, elected officials and supporters gathered at San Francisco’s Pier 27 on March 26 to celebrate the unveiling of an interactive, multimedia sculpture honoring the legacy of former ILWU International President Jimmy Herman. Speakers at the...
by admin | May 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
From the United Steel Workers press release: This Mother’s Day, an international coalition of unions is calling on the world’s largest jewelry retailer to clean up its supplier of diamonds. We are urging Signet to demand that multinational mining and...
by admin | Apr 3, 2015 | In the News
SAN FRANCISCO – ILWU Coast Longshore Caucus delegates voted Friday to recommend approval of the tentative agreement reached on February 20, 2015, between the union and employers represented by the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA). The tentative agreement was...
by admin | Apr 2, 2015 | ILWU General Convention
Below are links to download information about the 36th Annual ILWU General Convention that will be held June 8-12 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Detailed list of planned activities Condensed Activity list
by admin | Mar 27, 2015 | Remembering Our History
From the ILWU Oral History Project, Volume IX, Part III Introduction by Harvey Schwartz This is the third article in a series featuring ILWU veterans of the “Old Left” who were once active in the American Communist Party (CP). While historians have argued for years...
by admin | Mar 25, 2015 | Featured, February 2015 Dispatcher, Fighting for Good Jobs
Hundreds of Alameda County recycling workers filled the Local 6 union hall on March 1 to celebrate two years of hard work that yielded dramatic improvements in wages, benefits and working conditions –and opened the door to helping new workers organize and join the...
by admin | Mar 24, 2015 | February 2015 Dispatcher
Former ILWU Local 34 President Frank Billeci died on February 1 at the age of 79. Frank was a member of Local 34 for 42 years and served his local in several positions starting in 1969 when he was elected to the Local 34 Investigating Committee. In 1971 he was elected...
by admin | Mar 24, 2015 | Featured, February 2015 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
. The building located at 110 The Embarcadero on the City’s waterfront will become the permanent headquarters of The Commonwealth Club of California. The 112-year old public affairs forum bought the building two-years ago but the project has been delayed by a...
by admin | Mar 19, 2015 | Featured, February 2015 Dispatcher
ILWU members in Portland joined other union and community activists on March 9 to protest the latest “free trade” agreement, called the “Trans-Pacific Partnership” (TPP). Corporate interests are trying to ram the deal through Congress using a process known as “Fast...
