by admin | Apr 20, 2011 | April 2011 Dispatcher, Featured, Pensioners, Political Action
During the week of March 13, ILWU members from the longshore division, Local 142, Hawaii Longshore Division, Alaska Longshore Division, IBU, and pensioners gathered in Washington, D.C. to fight for issues of importance to ILWU members and all American workers. The...
by admin | Apr 16, 2011 | June 2011 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
Walter William Williamson, 92, President of Tacoma ILWU Local 23 in 1961, passed away March 28, 2011. He was one of the “voices in the wilderness” during his early years in Tacoma ILA Local 38-97. He was famous for his prodigious strength and work ethic on the job and...
by admin | Apr 15, 2011 | Featured
A 20 minute documentary, “In Unity There is Strength,” on ILWU Local 23 produced by Nancy Bourne Haley for Local 23 the recent 125th anniversary celebration of the the Tacoma longshore local is now available from Local 23 for $5 a copy PLUS SHIPPING (253-383-2648...
by admin | Apr 15, 2011 | February 2011 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
A cemetery may seem like an ironic place to begin a celebration of the beginning of the Tacoma longshore local, but this is no ordinary cemetery. On the morning of March 22, Local 23 active members, pensioners, ILWU International President Robert McEllrath,...
by admin | Apr 14, 2011 | Solidarity
AFL-CIO took a strong stand against the U.S.-Colombia Trade Agreement that is being aggressively pursued by the Obama administration. The trade agreement has been on hold because of the high level of assassinations . Specifically, 2,850 trade unionists have been...
