You can now apply to be on the Relief Lines list for 2022:
Relief Lines 2022 Closing Thursday, November 25, 2021 @ 3:00 PM
Nominations for the 2020 Local 500 Election close today, Friday, November 6, 2020 at 5:00 PM.
To nominate yourself, call into the Local 500 Office and give your name as you would like it to appear on the ballot to the Office Staff.
The following positions are open:
1 Vice President
1 Secretary Treasurer
2 Business Agents
1 Despatch Coordinator
2 Trustees
10 Executive Members
30 ILWU Canada Convention/Caucus Delegates
4 ILWU Canada Executive/Longshore Executive
3 International Convention Delegates; AND
1 Election Officer for 2021
You can run for an Officer’s position (VP, Sect-Treas, BA, Despatch Coordinator) or the Executive, but not both.
If you run as Trustee, you may not run for an Officers’ position or the Executive.
Everyone, whether you run for an Officers’ position or the Executive, may run for Convention/Caucus, ILWU Canada Exec, and/or the Int’l Convention.
In Canada National Day of Mourning takes place on April 28, 2020. The National Day of Mourning is observed annually in Canada and sometimes called Workers Mourning Day. It commemorates workers who have been killed, injured or suffered illness due to workplace related hazards and incidents.
Nominations open on Monday, October 18, 2021, 8 AM, and close on November 5, 2021 at 5 PM.
Click on the following link to view what positions are open in this year’s Local 500 election:
If you wish to run for any position(s), please phone into the Local 500 office and advise the staff.
If you are putting your name forward, you may not have an application in at Local 514, the Foreman’s Local.