International of Seamen and Harbour Workers

(ISH) was a transnational organization, tied to the Communist International, which sought to coordinate the trade union efforts of black maritime workers in Europe, the United States, Africa, and the West Indies during the early 1930s.

Appeal to Negro Seamen and Dockers (1932)

Appeal to Negro Seamen and Dockers (1932)

The International of Seamen and Harbour Workers (ISH) greets you and appeals to you to organize within the ranks of the revolutionary water transport proletariat to fight against the terrible exploitation and robbery imposed upon you by the capitalists, the shipowners, the lighterage companies, as well as their white and black agents – the headmen, the stevedore-bosses, the foremen and managers.