r/Longshoremen

8k members
r/Longshoremen is a subreddit with 8k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses port, strike, union, local, and automation.
Longshoremen, Stevedores, ILA, ILWU, and and pretty much anything to do with loading and unloading of cargo vessels.

Popular Themes in r/Longshoremen

#1
News
: "Containers Falling Off a Ship"
10 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Kaiser on strike…"
2 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Strike Questions from a lay person "
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Anti automation confrence thoughts"
2 posts
#5
Solution Requests
: "PortPal - Shift tracking for longshoremen"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/Longshoremen

#1

Port

: "ILA President on the Port Strike"
36 posts
#2

Strike

: "THE Strike IS OVER. "
21 posts
#3

Union

: "Unions benefit everyone "
17 posts
#4

Local

: "Local 29 CASUAL LIST"
16 posts
#5

Automation

: "Anti Automation confrence thoughts"
15 posts
#6

Ilwu

: "SB 34 how does this affect Ilwu moving forward?"
15 posts
#7

Casual

: "Here’s an update for the 2017 La/Lb Casual draw."
15 posts
#8

La/lb

: "La/lb update"
14 posts
#9

Ila

: "To all of you salty, salty, salty haters. Ila FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!"
12 posts
#10

Longshoremen

: "The forgotten Longshoremen…"
11 posts

Member Growth in r/Longshoremen

Yearly
+991 members(13.8%)

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Last updated: July 23, 2026