by admin | Apr 19, 2021 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, Organizing
Organizing on the moveApril 19, 2021 12:13 pm Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ILWU Organizing Department scored several recent victories in Tacoma, San Francisco, and Southern California. Although the victories occurred in a diverse range of...
by admin | Apr 15, 2021 | Featured, From the Titled Officers
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by admin | Mar 12, 2021 | Featured, Uncategorized
Many ILWU jobs at cruise terminals have been lost since COVID-19 caused a growing industry to shut down By all accounts, 2020 was going to be a boom time for cruise terminals and ILWU jobs on the U.S. West Coast. Ports from Seattle to San Diego had invested in major...
by admin | Feb 12, 2021 | Featured
In honor of Black History Month, the Dispatcher interviewed African-American ILWU members and pensioners from across the union. They shared their stories about the careers, their activism, and perspectives on the ILWU and being a part of a union. Demetrius Freeman...
by admin | Feb 5, 2021 | Featured
ILWU Canada hosted an online Young Workers Committee “Burgers and Beer” event on the evening of December 7th for young workers across all regions and divisions of the ILWU to meet and discuss their ongoing work over the past year. Over 50 ILWU members and casuals from...
by admin | Feb 4, 2021 | Featured
The global pandemic has pushed the supply chain to the brink and claimed at least 12 Longshore lives ILWU Longshore workers have been loading and unloading cargo nonstop on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic since February 2020, when cruise ships first arrived...
