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Peter Olney

Peter Olney is retired Organizing Director of the ILWU. He has been a labor organizer for 50 years working for multiple unions before landing at the ILWU in 1997. For three years he was the Associate Director of the Institute for Labor and Employment at the University of California. With co-editor Glenn Perušek they have edited Labor Power and Strategy by John Womack Jr and available now from PM Press

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May 26, 2024

Muscle Memory

April 18, 2024

A Review: PRESENTE – Herb Mills – Hard Ball Press 2023

March 3, 2024

Trump Courts the Teamsters

January 29, 2024

Book Review – “The Way We Build: Restoring Dignity to Construction Work” by  Mark Erlich

January 25, 2024

Tech Workers Deserve a Union

December 23, 2023

Olney Odyssey #20

November 26, 2023

Harry Bridges and the ILWU – Then and Now

November 2, 2023

 “Get Up, Stand Up – Stand up for your right”*

September 24, 2023

What is a Labor Organizer?

June 19, 2023

A Few Recommended Books For The Summer

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This site is operated by two friends, Peter Olney and Robert Gumpert, introduced to each other by Jeff Stansbury. We thank the family, Gretzel Stansbury, Kevin Stansbury and Gwendolyn Stansbury for allowing us to run the site in his memory.

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