Great to sit down with ILWU Local 46, as well as Port of Hueneme and Oxnard district officials to talk about supporting our ports, longshoremen, and local economy. Investing in our ports is essential for the small businesses and communities that rely on them.

Much thanks to ILWU for standing in solidarity with federal employees across the nation!

Honored to join the ILWU Pensioners Labor Day Celebration in Hilo & recognize the incredible history & strength of Local 142. Mahalo for never backing down in the fight for job safety, health care and pensions for all workers. Always happy to help judge the Dress To Impress & Dessert Contests! 🍰

S2 Ep9: Rob Ashton, ILWU Canada President **WARNING: This podcast contains some coarse language. Listener discretion is advised.** With workers' rights and the labour movement in the news at the federal level, and with Labour Day on the horizon, we're joined on the Apple Box by ILWU Canada Presid

Huge turnout of community members, families, and educator unions to support Preschool for ALL! The county commissioners heard testimony about how this program has lifted up parents, families, and educators. Thanks to ~50 people who asked the commissioners to vote NO on cuts to Preschool for All!💛

Highlights: Cassandra, who works at Wild Lilac, a Preschool for All Pilot site, reads part of a statement she helped draft as part of their teachers union, @ilwulocal5.bsky.social, "if P4A is paused or eliminated, it will have a catastrophic effect on students, families, and teachers."

At their meeting last week, the ILWU International Executive Board unanimously passed the following Statement of Policy Condemning Attacks on Migrants www.ilwu.org/ilwu-stateme...

“Through our work at CCPU we have witnessed the power of advocacy in the lives of the providers we serve which has highlighted to us the importance of organizing our own labor. In order to best support members, it is important for us to also organize & advocate for ourselves." 1/2

On June 19th, 2020, ILWU dockworkers stopped work for 8 hours in observance of Juneteenth & in solidarity with the movements for racial & social justice that erupted following the murder of George Floyd. Wishing every worker a Happy Freedom Day. Photo by @movementphotog

Absolutely terrifying. As a union whose members also work in grain terminals, the sliding safety protocols in Vancouver's port are alarming to us as well. We stand in solidarity with the @ilwu.bsky.social. #HealthAndSafety #Vanpoli #canlab #BCpoli @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...

"The deployment of the National Guard in the streets of Los Angeles by the Trump Administration is a dangerous provocation by the federal government that escalates the conflict and endangers lives. The ILWU stands in opposition to this abuse of power."

The nearly 15 million working people of the AFL-CIO and our affiliated unions demand the immediate release of @californialabor.bsky.social Vice President and @seiuca.bsky.social and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta. aflcio.org/press/releas...

ILWU members, pensioners, & supporters attended the First Blood memorial in San Pedro yesterday. The First Blood ceremony recalls the violent clash between dockworkers and scabs on May 15, 1934. Dickie Parker was killed by police. John Knudsen died on June 5 from injuries sustained on the same day.

Local 12 President, Tiera Beauchamp, who recently completed the Washington State AFL-CIO’s Path to Power program, spoke last month to the members of the International Longshore Workers Union (ILWU) Local 19 about the fight that federal workers represented by Local 12 and across the nation are facing

URGENT: Federal immigration agents stopped a bus of farm workers from Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms on Fri am. They had a list of names, including UFW worker leaders who have been organizing to unionize their workplace. Those workers were detained. Count on me to help! ufw.org/nyraid5225 #WeFeedYou

"Don’t Like War? Then Don’t Work! Remembering When Dockworkers Shut Down the Ports on May Day." In 2018 I wrote of @ilwu.bsky.social 2008 shutdown of all US West Coast ports to protest US wars in Afghanistan & Iraq. Alas feels timely on May Day 2025 @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/ILWU...

On April 24, the ILWU International Executive Board unanimously passed a Statement of Policy in Support of all Workers to Collectively Bargain (Link to the full statement in the comments)

On April 24, the ILWU International Executive unanimously passed a Statement of Policy Opposing Tariffs (Link to the full statement in the comments)