Take It Easy, But Take It

This is a working list that is continually being expanded and cross referenced as I work through archival material. You will notice I pose questions next to some of the locals or include various notes. If you use this list as a reference please know it may not be 100% accurate. This is a continuation of my project to map the Congress of Industrial Organizations. You will notice several different charters with the same local number. The International reused local numbers as they amalgamated or ceased to exist. Making this research a tad bit more difficult. ILWU Local 1 - RAYMOND, WA (longshore) *** chartered ’37  ILWU Local 2 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA (shipscalers) *** chartered ’37 ILWU Local 3 - STOCKTON, CA, (Barge / Power Boat)  *** chartered ’37 in 1950 Local 3 becomes catch all for the International Fisherman & Allied Workers after they are expelled from the CIO. Below is a list of locals that became Local 3 in 1950. I believe these numbers correspond w...

-ILA 38-79 San Francisco Longshore  - ILA 38-123 Portland Wheat/Cereal ILA 38-12 Seattle Longshore ILA 38 Sacramento Wheat/Cereal - ILA 38-78 Portland General Longshore - Save 28 Innocent ILA Men from Portland during the 1934 West Coast waterfront strike ILA 38-78-A Portland Super Cargos & Checkers

These were likely produced in 1954 or 1955. The first 2 were published by the International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union. The last was published by the National Union of Marine Cooks & Stewards. All 3 address the Seafarer's International Union attempting to raid jurisdictions and absorb the other maritime unions through the National Labor Relations Board. Here is a link to a corresponding "Dispatcher" article... htt p://archive.ilwu.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/19540122.pdf Here is a link to the NLRB ruling: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/218/913/61378/

I recently acquired an old moldy Constitution and Rules of Order book for ILWU Local 6 - “Warehousing, Processing & Allied Workers No. 6” C.I.O. I wanted to share with you, their declaration of principles adopted in 1946 and a few observations.  To put it in context, these principals were adopted by our warehouse division 73 years ago. 9 years after the founding of the ILWU. 7 years before we even adopted the 10 guiding principles of the ILWU at the 10th Biennial convention in 1953. I often think of our 3rd guiding principal - the one centered around “there can be no discrimination…” - and how powerful a statement it was in 1953, a year before Brown vs. the Board of Education - keep that in mind when reading through these. Also, having a different character and make up from the longshore division, notice also in 1946, “men and women” - “brother or sister” - “his or her”… If you dig into ILWU history, you realize that all the different divisions, regions, industries b...