International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Fishermen and Allied Workers Division. Local 3 (Seattle, Wash.)

Union composed of several dozen local units. Two predecessors of the Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union were the United Fishermen's Union of the Pacific, Puget Sound District, and International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America, Pacific District, Local 3 (IFAWA). The IFAWA includes about 15 small local unions as well as larger member unions such as the Alaska Fishermen's Unions .The IFAWA merged with ILWU in 1950. It was active with external organizations such as the Maritime Federation of the Pacific.

From the guide to the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Fishermen and Allied Workers Division, Local 3 records, 1935-1981, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections)