by admin | Dec 16, 2010 | December 2010 Dispatcher
The Southern California harbor area waterfront was changed forever during the early morning hours of November 4th when longshore worker Bert Tufele was killed on the job at the Stevedore Services of America (SSA) Marine Terminal on Pier A in Long Beach. He is believed...
by admin | Dec 10, 2010 | December 2010 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
G. Johnny Parks died on November 27, 2010 after a distinguished life of service to his union, nation and community. Parks was born on January 31, 1922 and raised in Oregon’s rough-and-tumble lumber camps during the Great Depression. He joined the Navy in 1940 where he...
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...
