The ILWU Pensioners Club welcomes retired members from all locals.

In the coming months, pensioners start paying their annual dues to the club for the next year.  To renew your membership ($15), you can pay at the next meeting or mail or drop off your dues at Local 500 offices and one of our officers will pick them up for deposit.
The mailing address is:
ILWU Pensioners Club
#100-111 Victoria Drive
Vancouver, BC   V5L 4C4

If you would like a member card sent to you, make sure to leave your name and mailing address, otherwise cards will be available at our next meeting.  PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Herb Howe, President
Al Lemonnier, Vice President
Ted Grewcutt, Secretary Treasurer

2024 Pensioners’ Banquet

The Annual Pensioners’ Banquet which is jointly sponsored by ILWU Local 500 and ILWU Local 514 will be held in the auditorium of the Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph Street, Vancouver.

Thursday, October 17, 2024
Bar Opens 6:00 PM
Dinner at 7:00 PM

Pensioner Health and Welfare & Pension Benefits

Pensioners with questions pertaining to their health and welfare benefit coverage should contact WEBC (Employee Services) at 604-689-7184.

Information about coverage is also available online.  Go to www.longshoreplans.ca and you will be able to access the Pensioners’ Benefit Booklet, get forms, etc.

The pension administrator can be contacted via by dialing 604-689-7184 and hitting 7.

Vancouver Pensioners Organization

When you retire from longshoring you can still keep in touch with the friends you made over the years by participating in the Vancouver Pensioners Organization and by attending the Annual Pensioners Picnic (3rd Thursday in July) and Annual Stag Banquet (3rd Thursday in October – Cancelled in 2022).

The Vancouver Pensioners Organization meets monthly as follows (Pensioners from all Locals invited):

MEETINGS: 1st Thursday of each month (no meetings in July & August)
TIME: 10:30 am (lasting 1-1.5 hours)
PLACE: Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph Street, Vancouver

Not only will you maintain or renew old friendships, but you’ll be kept up to date on Union activities with reports from the officers of ILWU Canada and Local 500, with periodic reports from the Union Pension and Benefits Trustees.

The meetings last from an hour to an hour and a half and are usually very informative, discussing Union activities, benefits, conferences and general interest topics that pertain to retirees.  The Pensioners Association looks forward to your participation.

President: Herbie Howe
Vice President: Al Lemmonier
Secretary Treasurer: Ted Grewcutt

Pensioners Scholarships

In 2010, the Local 500 Pensioners instituted a Scholarship Program available to the sons, daughters and dependents of active Members in good standing of Local 500.

Specifically, they instituted two (2) $1000 Scholarships (the Pensioners Scholarship and the Bill Kemp Memorial Scholarship).

Since then, the number of scholarships in memory of longtime longshore members or family members who have passed have grown exponentially.  Local 500 and the Pensioners Association are proud to be able to offer such a program to assist students in their scholastic endeavours.  We are especially proud to have members bequeath sums to the scholarship program in their wills.

Each year, in September, the application form is posted to the Local 500 website under bulletins.

Deadline to apply:  October 31 of the current year.
Completed applications should be handed in to the Local 500 office.
(Paper applications are available in the Local 500 office).

2023 – 13 Scholarships Awarded WOW! – Up From 8 Last Year

We are pleased to report that the following people were selected as winners by way of a lottery draw at the November Local 500 General Meeting:

Winner #1 – “The Sante Urrico Memorial Scholarship” – $1,000: Sanjeevin Singh Sihota, son of Parm Sihota.
Winner #2 – “The Randy (The Rampage) Archibald Memorial Scholarship” – $1,000: Amanda Alves daughter Nelson Alves.
Winner #3 – “The “Warren Paley Memorial Scholarship” – $1,000: Isabelle Angeline Alexander daughter of Tom Alexander.
Winner #4 – “The Parveen Baryer Memorial Scholarship #1” – $1,000: Dominik
Marusak son of Ladislav Marusak.
Winner #5 – “The Parveen Baryer Memorial Scholarship #2 – $1,000: Manroop Singh Choong son of Major Singh Choong.
Winner #6 – “The Parveen Baryer Memorial Scholarship #3” – $500: Anish Bains
daughter of Amit Bains.
Winner #7 – “The Ronald McCaw Memorial Scholarship” – $1,000: Teresa Margaret Leonardo daughter Manuel Leonardo.
Winner #8 – “The Local 500 Officers’ Scholarship” – $1,000: Tanisha Kaur Gill daughter of Manmohan Gill.
Winner #9 – “The Bill Kemp Memorial Scholarship” – $1,000: Simrin Kaur Bagri
daughter of Sodhi Bagri.
Winner #10 – “The Longshore Pensioners Scholarship #1” – $1,000: Shirley Valetia Pelzer daughter of  Tim Pelzer.
Winner #11 –”The Longshore Pensioners Scholarship #2″ – $1,000: Julia Amy Russo daughter Angelo Russo.
Winner #12 – “The Longshore Pensioners Scholarship #3” –$1,000: Anish Chandra son of Dennis Chandra.
Winner #13 – “The Longshore Pensioners Scholarship #4” – $1,000: Shasha Louise Hroch daughter of Filip Hroch.

The funding for the scholarships is provided from the proceeds of a 50/50 Draw held at the monthly Membership Meetings of Local 500 and from the families of longtime Members who passed away, from Longshore workers in memory of their passed non-longshore family members, and from monies bequeathed to the Local in the wills of Members who have passed away.

Congratulations to the winners, and our continued thanks to the Membership of Local 500 for supporting this program.

2022 Pensioners Scholarship Winners Announced

We are pleased to report that the following people were selected as winners by a lottery draw at the November Local 500 General Meeting. This year we were able to offer a total of eight scholarships. The scholarships selected were for $1,000.00 each. The funding for the scholarships is provided from the proceeds of a 50/50 Draw held at the monthly Membership Meetings of Local 500 (except for the Sante Urrico scholarship which is funded by the Urrico family, the Randy “The Rampage” Archibald scholarship which is funded by Susanne Tabata, the Warren Paley scholarship which is funded by the Paley family, the Ronald McCaw scholarship which is funded by the McCaw family and the Local 500 scholarship which is funded by Local 500).

Winner #1 – “The Sante Urrico Memorial Scholarship” –  $1,000.00:  Erika Adriana Bondi daughter of Sara Bondi.
Winner #2 – “The Randy (The Rampage) Archibald Memorial scholarship” – $1,000 is Daniella Scaglione daughter of Antonio Scaglione
Winner #3 – “The Warren Paley Memorial Scholarship” – $1,000.00: Abhimanyu Singh Minhas son of Batminder Minhas
Winner #4 – “The Ronald McCaw Memorial Scholarship” – $1000.00: Francesco Luongo son of Dino Luongo
Winner #5 – “The Local 500 Convention Scholarship” – $1000.00: Arshleen Bajwa daughter of Jasminder Bajwa
Winner #6 – “The Bill Kemp Memorial Scholarship” – $1000.00: Gurishar Dhami daughter of Prabhojt Dhami
Winner #7 – “The Longshore Pensioners Scholarship” – $1000.00: Jennifer Pauline Edington daughter of John Edington
Winner #8 – “The Longshore Pensioners Scholarship” – $1,000.00: Amrinder Singh Sangha son of Jatinder Sangha

2021 Pensioners Scholarship Winners Announced

The Pensioners Committee is pleased to report that the following people were selected as winners by a lottery draw at the November Local 500 Executive Meeting.  This year, they were able to offer a total of 4 scholarships.  The scholarships were for $1,000.00 each.

Past Recipients

Scholarship Funding

Pensioners Scholarships are funded from the proceeds of the 50/50 Draws held at the Membership Meetings of Local 500.  Except for the Sante Urrico Scholarship which is funded by the Urrico family and the Randy Archibald Scholarship which is funded by Susanne Tabata.