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International Longshore and Warehouse Union
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/International_Longshore_and_Warehouse_Union
GPTKB entity
Statements (56)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:abbreviation
gptkb:ILWU
gptkbp:affiliation
gptkb:AFL–CIO
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:founded
1937
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:Harry_Bridges
gptkbp:headquarters_location
gptkb:San_Francisco,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:historical_split_from
gptkb:International_Longshoremen's_Association
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
International Longshore and Warehouse Union
gptkbp:mainActivity
representing warehouse workers
representing dock workers
representing longshoremen
gptkbp:membership
over 40,000
gptkbp:notable_for
progressive politics
opposition to McCarthyism
racial integration
support for civil rights movement
anti-apartheid actions
boycotts of ships from oppressive regimes
democratic unionism
militant labor actions
solidarity with other unions
gptkbp:notable_member
gptkb:Agnes_Burns_Wieck
gptkb:Brenda_Stokely
gptkb:Brian_McWilliams
gptkb:Clarence_Ray
gptkb:David_Arian
gptkb:James_Spinosa
gptkb:Leonard_Riley
gptkb:Lou_Goldblatt
gptkb:Richard_Austin
gptkb:Robert_McEllrath
gptkb:Stan_Weir
gptkb:Willie_Adams
gptkb:Harry_Bridges
gptkb:Jack_Hall
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:1948_West_Coast_Longshore_Strike
gptkb:2023_British_Columbia_port_strike
gptkb:West_Coast_Longshore_Strike_of_1934
gptkbp:president
gptkb:Willie_Adams
gptkbp:regionServed
gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:British_Columbia
gptkb:Guam
gptkb:Hawaii
gptkb:Panama
gptkb:West_Coast_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:sector
gptkb:transportation
agriculture
retail
shipping
maritime
warehousing
gptkbp:website
https://www.ilwu.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:1999_Seattle_WTO_protests
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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