ILWU Library and Archives
The ILWU Archives houses a digital collection of all the issues of The Dispatcher newspaper, Voice of the Federation, and the Waterfont Worker.
The Docker Podcast
Produced and hosted by rank and file longshore workers who take on issues about local, national, and international labor struggles. The views expressed do not represent the ILWU or its affiliates.
Trump Administration strips TSA workers of right to collectively bargain
The Department of Homeland Security unilaterally terminated the collective bargaining agreement that covers 47,000 TSA workers who provide...
Kevin Castle, first woman crane operator in the Port of Seattle
In 1980, the Seattle waterfront was forever changed with the registration of twelve women into Local 19. They were the first ever recorded women...
‘A president is not a king’: Federal court reinstates NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox
Strongly worded ruling calls her firing blatantly illegal In a 36-page order, U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell said the firing of Gwynne Wilcox...
Local 9 security workers at SeaTac reach new four-year agreement
With support and solidarity from Local 19, ILWU airport workers win solid wage gains Security workers at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport,...
ILWU Statement on the Earthquake in Syria and Turkey
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union expresses our condolences and solidarity to all those in Turkey and Syria who were affected by the...
ILWU Statement on the U.S. Supreme Court Overturning Roe v. Wade
June 24, 2022 The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) strongly condemns the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning the...


