by admin | Jun 15, 2020 | Featured
SAN FRANCISCO – ILWU dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports will stop work for eight hours on Friday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth – the date in 1865 when Black slaves in Texas first learned of their emancipation. “Juneteenth has long been recognized by the...
by admin | Jun 12, 2020 | Featured
On May 15, ILWU members, pensioners, auxiliary and officers from Locals 13, 63 and 94 gathered at the Longshore memorial in San Pedro’s Gibson Park for the 18th annual First Blood Memorial to honor longshore workers who died while working at the Ports of Los Angeles...
by admin | Jun 12, 2020 | Featured
Our union’s legislative staff in Washington are working with the International Officers to help ILWU families cope with the COVID-19 pandemic that’s causing so much death, job loss and economic hardship for working families. It didn’t have to be this way. Since Trump...
by admin | Jun 12, 2020 | Featured
• George Floyd murder launches national action • COVID-19 death toll in U.S. claims over 100,000 lives • Trump threatens to block voting & deploy military International Officers & Executive Board take action Americans were already reeling in late May from the...
by admin | Jun 10, 2020 | Featured
400,000 dockers stand with Seward, Alaska in condemning Possehl Erzkontor and Alaska Logistics The ITF Dockers, representing 400,000 dock workers worldwide, stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in Seward, Alaska, represented by International Longshore and...
