by Roy San Filippo | Dec 23, 2024 | Featured, Organizing
Featured Organizing Looking Back, Looking Forward: Local 5’s 2024 Organizing campaigns Local 5 saw great success in new organizing this year; as they prepare for continued success in 2025 A spectre is haunting the bosses of Portland – the spectre of workers...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 23, 2024 | Featured
Featured IBU’s 26th convention convenes in Seattle Delegates honor IBU Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Terri Mast; look to the future The 26th convention of the Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU) met in Seattle on November 12-15. Elected delegates participated in discussions...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 23, 2024 | From the Titled Officers
We’ve Got Work to DoDecember 23, 2024 1:17 am Sisters, Brothers, and Fellow Workers, In 2018, I received a call from ILWU Vice President Wesley Furtado that set me on a path to run for International office. He asked me to come to Hawaii to meet with him and members of...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 12, 2024 | Featured
Featured PCPA convention meets in Vancouver The Pacific Coast Pensioners Association (PCPA) held their 55th Annual Convention from September 18-20 in Vancouver, British Columbia. A total of 147 delegates and guests attended this year’s meeting. The topics tackled at...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 12, 2024 | Featured
Featured ILWU golf tournaments raise money for local community Two recent annual ILWU golf tournaments—the Tri-Party Golf Tournament in Southern California and the Wesley Furtado Golf Tournament in Hawaii—provided participants with a fun day of golfing while doing the...