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ILWU headquarters in San Francisco. The ILWU admitted African Americans in the 1930s, and during World War II its San Francisco section alone had an estimated 800 black members, at a time when most San Francisco unions excluded black workers and resisted implementation of President Roosevelt's Executive Order 8802 (1941) against racial discrimination in the US defense industry. [8]
On November 27, 2012, about 70 clerical workers at the Port of Los Angeles, [10] all OCU members, went on strike. [5] The union members worked for APM Terminals, a company that operates Pier 400 at the port. [5] Longshoremen at the pier, also members of the ILWU, honored the strike action and as a result, the port was shut down. [5]
Pages in category "International Longshore and Warehouse Union" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Los Angeles Port Police Association; M.
As of December 2012, PMA members employed nearly 14,000 registered longshore, clerk and foreman workers at 29 west coast ports in California, Oregon, and Washington, and thousands more “casual” workers, who typically work part-time.
The 2024 United States port strike was a labor strike involving over 47,000 port workers who are part of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), impacting 36 ports across the United States primarily along the East Coast and the Gulf Coast.
The Los Angeles Port Police Association did not file returns with the Internal Revenue Service for three years in a row, and the Internal Revenue Service revoked its 501(c)(5) tax-exempt status on October 15, 2010. [5] On October 1, 2023, the ILWU filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, stating it can no longer afford to keep fighting claims by ICTSI. [6]
The 1916 West Coast waterfront strike was the first example of coastwide organizational unity among West Coast longshore workers. The strike resulted in a massive defeat for the ILA, and employers began an effort to eliminate the ILA's presence on the waterfront.
1971 ILWU strike; 1983 Pacific Coast Metal Trades Union strike; 1985–1986 New Bedford fishermen's strike; 2012 Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach strike; 2019 Alaska ferry workers' strike; 2024 United States port strike