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- ABOUT The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada has been successfully representing working people in British Columbia since 1948. ILWU Canada is the exclusive bargaining agent for over 3,000 men and women throughout the province. The ILWU Canada is a union made up of the 12 autonomous Locals of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, and three affiliates: the Retail Wholesale Union (British Columbia), the Retail Wholesale Department Store Union (Saskatchewan), and the Grain Services Union (Saskatchewan). We are a rank-and-file union. We encourage membership participation in the affairs of the Union, and we represent our members in numerous forums of interest on the Federal, Provincial and Municipal scenes. The ILWU Canada Longshore Division is involved in the loading, unloading and checking of cargo to and from vessels, and the storage of these goods on the docks and in warehouses. We handle cargo such as: Forest Products: lumber, pulp, craft, woodchips, logs. Bulk Ores: coal, sulphur, zinc, lead, copper, phosrock, potash, pellets. Liquid Bulk: methanol, glycol, styrene, seed oil. Grains. Containers. Break Bulk: steel, ingots and general cargo. ILWU Canada has over a half century of experience, skill, and success in making things better for working people like you.
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Community Labour Dinner Dec. 24 – BC Federation of Labour
In the past the ILWU has been a big part of the BC Federation of Labour’s Christmas Eve Dinner, supplying gifts, donations and volunteers. This year we hope to re-invigorate that tradition. Please post for those who wish to help as a proud member of …
Help Save a Sister Battling Cancer
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Shawn Carr is a member of the ILWU Local 502. His wife Cheryl Patch is currently battling cancer. The treatment that will save her life is not approved for her particular type of cancer so will not be covered by …
Union Video for Sale
Our friends at the Workers’ History Museum in Ottawa have produced a documentary video that covers the historic compromise in 1946 that ended a 99-day strike by creating a new form of union security. The Rand Formula is named after its creator, Mr Justice Ivan …
Pharmacare Video Launch – Nov. 2017
Sisters and brothers, As part of our national campaign for universal pharmacare, we have just launched our powerful new video telling the story of Judy Pope, a Cambridge, Ontario woman forced to make an impossible choice: pay for medication that would prolong her life, or …
BC Labour Heritage Centre Newsletter – Nov. 2017
Hands off the workers’ beer! British Columbia’s longest serving (1920-1960) MLA received an unusual honour recently in Victoria. A local brew pub launched Thomas Uphill Amber Ale, as a tribute to the independent Labour representative from Fernie. Uphill, who opposed prohibition, famously stood up in …
