Alleged labor trafficking in Washington spotlights vulnerability of foreign fishing vessel workers

ITF, community activists, seek justice, accountability, and wages for the ‘United 6’ The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) is raising awareness around a case of alleged labor trafficking of a group of Filipino fishermen in Washington State. The case was...
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ILWU-PMA Maintenance and Repair Training Center in the Port of Los Angeles opens

President Adams says the facility is just the beginning; ILWU will hold PMA to its promise for M&R training facilities in Oakland and Puget Sound/Columbia River ILWU International Officers, Coast Committeemen, and officers from locals up and down the West Coast...
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Logistics workers use supply chain power to win

Two hundred workers at Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics in Tacoma join ILWU with grit, determination, and solidarity “Our union makes us strong!”  After paralyzing their employer with a massive strike in February, almost 200 workers at Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics...
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Alcatraz City Cruises workers strike

Four-hour Unfair Labor Practices strike underscores worker frustration with ‘employer stalling tactics’ Workers at Alcatraz Cruises represented by the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific (IBU), the Marine Division of the ILWU, went out on an Unfair Labor Practices...
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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.

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