International
Longshore and Warehouse Union, Canada
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.
ILWU Profile
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. |
