Biography

Peter Olney is the retired Director of Organizing for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). Olney has been part of the labor movement for over 40 years. He has worked for numerous labor unions as an organizer and negotiator. Since coming to California in 1983 he has focused his work on building organization in the immigrant working class.

From 2001 until 2004 Olney was the Associate Director of the University of California's Institute for Labor and Employment (ILE). Olney has a master’s in business administration from UCLA. He resides in San Francisco, California.