by admin | Aug 24, 2017 | In the News
International Longshore and Warehouse Union International Executive Board Vancouver, British Columbia August 17 – 18, 2017 STATEMENT OF POLICY ON DONALD TRUMP President Trump’s reaction to the protests and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia is so unacceptable, so...
by admin | Aug 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 4, 2017) – The ILWU’s Coast Balloting Committee confirmed today that West Coast longshore workers at 29 ports in California, Oregon and Washington have officially ratified a three-year contract extension with the Pacific Maritime Association...
by admin | Aug 4, 2017 | In the News, Remembering Our History
Longtime Portland labor and social justice advocate Lois Stranahan, passed on May 17 at the age of 97. She was born and raised on a farm in Arkansas where she played the fiddle in a family band with her five siblings.” Like many of her generation, she migrated from...
by admin | Aug 4, 2017 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, Uncategorized
2016 was a busy year of ILWU organizing activity on the docks of Hawaii. A new Matson clerical unit was organized into Local 142, and a charter was granted to ILWU Local 100 to create a home for four newly-organized units of longshore supervisors who came into the...
by admin | Aug 3, 2017 | Featured, Member Education
A diverse group of 100 rank-and-file members and elected leaders attended the ILWU’s Leadership, Education and Development (LEAD) training in Seattle on May 7-12. The week- long education program seeks to provide tools that attendees can take back to their local...
