MUA hosts historic International First Nations Maritime Workers Conference

In July, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) hosted the historic International First Nations Maritime Workers Conference in Sydney, Australia. The event brought together over 100 Indigenous unionists and allies from Chile, Hawai‘i, Canada, the U.S mainland., New...

‘Workers over billionaires’: Thousands march in SoCal Labor Day event

With the unions under increased attack from the federal government, thousands of union members came together to honor labor and voice their opposition to the hostile policies of the Trump administration targeting workers’ rights, busting federal labor unions, and mass...

Local 34 member Derrick Muhammad appointed to Oakland Port Commission

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee appointed Local 34 member Derrick Muhammad to the Oakland Port Commission. His appointment was unanimously confirmed by the City Council on July 1. Muhammad is the first ILWU member to be appointed to the Oakland Port Commission. “This is the...

IEB meets in Seattle

The ILWU’s International Executive Board met in Seattle, WA,from August 13-14. The Executive Board meetings now rotate across different regions as part of the Titled Officers' efforts to make it easier for members to observe the Board's work, promote transparency, and...

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.

Willie Adams’ final column

Dec 10, 2024

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...

ILWU members elect new leadership team: Olvera, Whitman, Wolff, and Ferris

Nov 8, 2024

Coast Committeemen Williams & Ponce De Leon sworn in with new International Executive Board members,Titled Officers A new leadership team– led...

Washington Governor’s Race Puts Workers’ Rights on the Ballot

Oct 10, 2024

Whoever wins the gubernatorial (and presidential) race is going to be in office when the ILWU-PMA contract expires in 2028. We can’t have an enemy of the ILWU like Dave Reichert in office when that time comes.

2024 elections: What’s at stake for ILWU members

Sep 24, 2024

The outcome of the November presidential and congressional elections will have important consequences for working-class voters, union members, and...

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Death of Nelson Mandela recalls decades of ILWU support for anti-apartheid struggle

Jan 2, 2014

ILWU Local 10 members helped put the anti-apartheid struggle in the national spotlight in 1984 when they refused to unload South African cargo from the Dutch ship, Nedlloyd Kimberly, at San Francisco’s Pier 80.

Transparency is focus of Secretary-Treasurers’ Conference

Nov 28, 2013

The ILWU held a conference on Nov. 3-7 in Seattle for local union secretary treasurers, trustees, and other officers and staff who are responsible for local union finances.