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	6