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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. Peter B. Olney Papers can be read at Robert S. Cox Special Collections & University Archives Research Center,

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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

April 19, 2023

A Handy Reference for Committed Organizers

April 8, 2023

Can labor seize its ‘movement moment’?

January 1, 2023

A New Year

December 17, 2022

“We’re the ones who fill the trucks—so Bezos makes a billion bucks”: Global Actions on Black Friday Unite Workers to ‘Make Amazon Pay’

November 17, 2022

Jon Melrod – Labor Lessons Learned

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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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