by admin | Jun 25, 2010 | June 2010 Dispatcher
On behalf of the ILWU membership, we are filing an amicus brief to oppose Arizona’s dangerous new immigration law. An amicus brief is a document that is filed in court by someone who is not directly related to the case but has an interest in the matter that it under...
by admin | Jun 25, 2010 | Allies, Helping Our Community, June 2010 Dispatcher, Political Action
The ILWU is challenging Arizona’s controversial new immigration law that empowers police to detain anyone they suspect of being in the country without authorization. The law also gives police the right to demand proof of legal residency and creates a new crime for...
by admin | Dec 14, 2007 | Remembering Our History
December 14, 2007 On December 6, 1941, Eddie Brooks was a young sailor who visited friends on the battleship Arizona for a boxing workout. Aboard the big ship, he saw Paul Neipp, who had gone to school with him in San Pedro. Their fathers had both been longshoremen,...
by admin | Aug 17, 2007 | Remembering Our History
August 10, 2007 By Harvey Schwartz Curator, ILWU Oral History Collection Workers lost an esteemed historian and journalist when David F. Selvin passed away March 6 at the age of 93. More than a great scholar, Selvin was involved in the events he witnessed while...
by admin | Mar 17, 2007 | Remembering Our History
March 27, 2006 Introduction by Harvey Schwartz In observance of Black History Month, this issue’s oral history honors Curtis McClain, the union’s International Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus who passed away last November. McClain was the first African American elected...
by admin | Oct 18, 2006 | Remembering Our History
October 26, 2006 I went to the military hospital at Mare Island in Vallejo, Calif., had surgery and was put on out-patient treatment for a few months. I kept in close touch with the ILWU International office in San Francisco and took some courses in labor economics at...
by admin | May 18, 2004 | Remembering Our History
May 18, 2004 Bill Chester: ILWU Civil Rights and Community Leader, 1938-1969 ILWU Oral History Project Volume VI, Part I Introduction by Harvey Schwartz This is the first of a new three-part series featuring important leaders in the ILWU’s history. To honor Black...
by admin | May 17, 2004 | Remembering Our History
May 18, 2004 ILWU Oral History Project Part XVII Service, Strength and Solidarity Ah Quon McElrath Reviews her Remarkable Career in Hawaii Edited by Harvey Schwartz This month we feature a recent discussion with Ah Quon McElrath, an esteemed union pioneer in Hawaii...
by admin | May 2, 2004 | Remembering Our History
May 18, 2004 ILWU Oral History Project Volume VII, Part III Introduction by Harvey Schwartz This is the last of a three-part series featuring veteran longshore workers from the Pacific Northwest. Phil Lelli, the focus of this month’s oral history, was Local 23...
