ILA President Richard Hughes, Jr., and Vice President Kenneth Riley Address ILWU Convention in Seattle, WA. |
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| 6/24/2009 |
ILA President Richard P. Hughes, Jr, (at right) and ILA Vice President Kenneth Riley surround ILWU President Bob McEllrath and accept historic poster during the 2009 ILWU Convention held in June in Seattle, Washington. The poster, signed by all four living presidents from the ILWU, commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the West Coast longshore union. Both Hughes and Riley addressed delegates to the ILWU Convention where both ILA officials pledged continued solidarity between the ILA and ILWU. Pictured in the photo above (from left to right) Joseph Radisch, ILWU Vice President Mainland; Willie Adams, ILWU Secretary-Treasurer; Kenneth Riley, ILA Vice President; Wesley Furtado, ILWU Vice President Hawaii; Bob McEllrath, ILWU President and Richard P. Hughes, Jr., ILA President.