by admin | Oct 12, 2010 | October 2010 Dispatcher, Pensioners, Remembering Our History
On March 22, 1986 the Tacoma local held their first memorial service for the 1886 founding members as well as for pensioners, widows and actives who passed away in 1986. Dozens of old timers and actives from Tacoma and Seattle attended. Every March 22 since 1986,...
by admin | Jul 24, 2010 | July 2010 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
Hundreds of ILWU members and families marched on June 19th in Vancouver, Canada to honor the 75th anniversary of a valiant battle by 5,000 longshore workers who were attacked with tear gas and beaten by police on horseback at the Ballantyne docks in 1935. A monument...
by admin | Jul 20, 2010 | July 2010 Dispatcher, Remembering Our History
Bloody Thursday is more than a memorial to those who gave their lives in the 1934 maritime strike. Bloody Thursday is also a celebration of the victory of that strike. It’s a celebration of all that has come to pass as a result of the sacrifice of men like Nicholas...
by admin | Dec 14, 2007 | Remembering Our History
December 14, 2007 On December 6, 1941, Eddie Brooks was a young sailor who visited friends on the battleship Arizona for a boxing workout. Aboard the big ship, he saw Paul Neipp, who had gone to school with him in San Pedro. Their fathers had both been longshoremen,...
by admin | Aug 17, 2007 | Remembering Our History
August 10, 2007 By Harvey Schwartz Curator, ILWU Oral History Collection Workers lost an esteemed historian and journalist when David F. Selvin passed away March 6 at the age of 93. More than a great scholar, Selvin was involved in the events he witnessed while...
by admin | Mar 17, 2007 | Remembering Our History
March 27, 2006 Introduction by Harvey Schwartz In observance of Black History Month, this issue’s oral history honors Curtis McClain, the union’s International Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus who passed away last November. McClain was the first African American elected...
