by Roy San Filippo | Jun 12, 2023 | Featured
Featured We are the ILWU: IBU Hawai’i region The Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific (IBU) is the ILWU’s Marine Division and one of the largest inland maritime unions in the United States. The Hawai’i Region of the IBU represents about 300 mariners who work...
by Roy San Filippo | Jun 8, 2023 | Events
ILWU Women’s Conference 2023 The ILWU Titled Officers are pleased to announce: The Second Annual ILWU Women’s ConferenceSan Francisco, CA October 20-22, 2023. The theme of this year’s conference is See It, Believe It, Be It. We will be covering issues such as gender...
by Roy San Filippo | May 10, 2023 | Featured
Featured ILWU members, community, demand Port of Olympia bargain fairly with Local 47B Supporters from IBU, ILWU Canada, Hawai’i and West Coast locals denounce port’s ‘inexcusable’ actions The March 27th the Port Commission meeting for the Port of Olympia in...
by Roy San Filippo | May 10, 2023 | Featured
Local 5 organizes new non-profit workplaces, announces new Non-Profit Division Pioneering a no-cost grievance procedure and securing voluntary recognition are just two of many positive developments There is a tide rising in the world of non-profit workplaces. Across...
by Roy San Filippo | May 10, 2023 | Featured
ILWU, port community, gather to celebrate $110 million funding for future SoCal training center Longshore workers play major role in starting center to train and upskill workers On March 24th, ILWU members joined local and state elected officials, and leaders from the...
by Roy San Filippo | Apr 5, 2023 | Featured
Featured Third-generation longshore worker elected to Oxnard City Council ‘There are people out there struggling. We have to remember that when considering policy.’ Local 46 B-registrant Arthur Valenzuela, Jr., was elected to the Oxnard City Council in the...
by Roy San Filippo | Apr 5, 2023 | Featured
Featured ILWU, ITF, help to secure wages, safety of foreign seafarers in the Port of Tacoma The actions of Jeff Engels, Puget Sound Inspector for the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), with support and solidarity from members of Local 23 in the Port of...
by Roy San Filippo | Apr 5, 2023 | Featured
Featured The Original “Rock”: Wrestling Hall of Famer & ILWU pensioner Don “The Rock” Muraco on life in the ring and on the docks Former professional wrestler and ILWU Local 142 Hawai’i Longshore Division pensioner Don Muraco was born in Oahu, Hawai’i in 1949. He...
by Roy San Filippo | Mar 22, 2023 | Events
Events 2023 ILWU Young Workers’ Conference Dear Brothers, Sisters, and Fellow Workers: We are pleased to announce that ILWU Canada is holding their 5th Biennial Young Workers Conference September 27-29, 2023 in Vancouver, BC. As they have done in the past, they...
by Roy San Filippo | Mar 9, 2023 | Featured
Featured Local 10 delegation marks 50th anniversary of the Durban Strikes Wave of worker shutdowns revived anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa More than a dozen members of ILWU Local 10 recently traveled to South Africa to learn about the country’s...
