by Roy San Filippo | Apr 5, 2023 | Featured
Featured The Original “Rock”: Wrestling Hall of Famer & ILWU pensioner Don “The Rock” Muraco on life in the ring and on the docks Former professional wrestler and ILWU Local 142 Hawai’i Longshore Division pensioner Don Muraco was born in Oahu, Hawai’i in 1949. He...
by Roy San Filippo | Mar 22, 2023 | Events
Events 2023 ILWU Young Workers’ Conference Dear Brothers, Sisters, and Fellow Workers: We are pleased to announce that ILWU Canada is holding their 5th Biennial Young Workers Conference September 27-29, 2023 in Vancouver, BC. As they have done in the past, they...
by Roy San Filippo | Mar 9, 2023 | Featured
Featured Local 10 delegation marks 50th anniversary of the Durban Strikes Wave of worker shutdowns revived anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa More than a dozen members of ILWU Local 10 recently traveled to South Africa to learn about the country’s...
by Roy San Filippo | Feb 9, 2023 | Featured
Featured We are the ILWU: Local 1000 Home Healthcare Operators, Hawai’i The ILWU’s newest local, Local 1000 Home Health Care Operators, was chartered in September of 2022 and currently represents approximately 125 members in the State of Hawai’i. These workers operate...
by Roy San Filippo | Feb 8, 2023 | Featured
Featured South Seattle intermodal workers win first ILWU contract through strategy, solidarity Six months to the day after launching a fight to be union, chassis and container mechanics employed by P&B Intermodal at the BNSF South Seattle Intermodal Facility in...