by admin | Jan 2, 2020 | Featured, Political Action
Former Vice President Joe Biden and retired investor Tom Steyer became the 4th and 5th 2020 U.S. Presidential candidates to visit ILWU headquarters in San Francisco where both had separate free-ranging discussion with members of the International Executive Board....
by admin | Oct 3, 2019 | Featured, Political Action, September 2019 Disaptcher
Three top contenders running for U.S. President met with ILWU International Executive Board members in August. Senators Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris each took several hours from their busy schedules to sit down with the Board, give short...
by admin | Mar 9, 2017 | Featured, March 2017 Dispatcher, Political Action
Three ILWU-endorsed candidates in Southern California have won Delegate seats in the California Democratic Party. Two other ILWU-supported candidates narrowly lost elections that took place on January 7. Among the winners were Local 63 Business Agent Cathy Familathe...
by admin | Mar 9, 2017 | Featured, March 2017 Dispatcher, Political Action
The new Trump administration announced some disturbing news in February that signaled a growing threat to union members. Support for anti-union law On February 1, “right-to-work” legislation (H.R. 785) was proposed in Congress by anti-union Representatives Joe Wilson...
by admin | Oct 19, 2016 | Featured, November 2016 Dispatcher, Political Action
The ILWU Puget Sound District Council and Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies sponsored a September 21showing of the new film called “Fix It: Health Care at the Tipping Point.” The one-hour documentary explains why America’s patchwork of government- funded,...
by admin | Jun 30, 2016 | Featured, Political Action
Bernie Sanders’ Presidential campaign shocked the political establishment by morphing into a movement with clear working- class politics that inspired a new generation of young people and working families. Sanders won 12 million votes and scored victories in 22...
