by Roy San Filippo | May 15, 2024 | Featured
Featured ILWU members gather to honor fallen workers on 90th Anniversary of ‘First Blood’ On May 15, more than 400 ILWU members, pensioners, and officers from Locals 13, 63, 63-OCU, 94, 26, 56, Inlandboatmen’s Union, the LA Port Police, and Federated Auxiliary 8...
by Roy San Filippo | Apr 8, 2024 | Featured
Featured ILWU, community coalition, defeats proposed baseball stadium on Oakland waterfront Stadium redevelopment project posed threat to waterfront jobs and regional economic engine By Melvin MackayLocal 10 In late 2018, the Oakland A’s, the Mayor of Oakland,...
by Roy San Filippo | Apr 8, 2024 | Events, Featured
Events Featured ILWU Canada’s International Women’s Day Event By Jessica Isbister3rd Vice President, ILWU Canada In 2023 there was a letter circulated advertising leadership training for trade union women. At this time a local union official asked the question: What...
by Roy San Filippo | Apr 8, 2024 | Featured
Featured Local 23’s ‘Celebration of Black History and Labor’ event revives Tacoma longshore tradition ILWU Local 23 celebrated Black History Month by holding an event titled “A Celebration of Black History and Labor” on February 18 at Tacoma’s Foss Waterway...
by Roy San Filippo | Apr 8, 2024 | Featured, Organizing
Featured Organizing Four Seasons warehouse workers sworn in as members of Local 29-A after ratifying first contract Substantial gains won after three-year organizing battle, help and solidarity from ILWU members across Southern California Five new members of ILWU...
by Roy San Filippo | Dec 6, 2023 | Featured
Featured Stax Engineering on a mission to reduce air pollution in California’s ports New IBU signatory deploys new technology to capture CO2 and other harmful vessel emissions Air pollution in and around our ports impacts the health not only of port workers but also...
