The ILWU Canada Video Archive

* These videos are for educational purposes only. Here we will post videos about important events that involve members of ILWU Canada. A place to remember those before us. An outlet to discover what ILWU is all about.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union - Canada comprises 12 autonomous Locals of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, and three affiliates: the Retail Wholesale Union of British Columbia, the Retail Wholesale Department Store Union of Saskatchewan, and the Grain Services Union of 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.
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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.