The International Longshoremen’s Association is the largest union of maritime workers in North America.
Welcome to the ILA
The ILA
The International Longshoremen’s Association is the largest union of maritime workers in North America, representing upwards of 85,000 longshoremen on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, Great Lakes, major U.S. rivers, Puerto Rico and Eastern Canada, and the Bahamas.
A Rich History
While longshoremen in the United States had organized and conducted strikes before there was a United States, the ILA traces its origins to a union of longshoremen on the Great Lakes: the Association of Lumber Handlers, founded in 1877.
Tracking Damages
Tracking Damages outlines the impact to ILA members’ jobs made by improper handling of damaged containers, specifically their being sent overseas for repair in violation of ILA rules.
ILA News
International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Wage Scale Committee Unanimously Approves New USMX-ILA Master Contract Agreement With Full Membership Ratification Vote Set For February 25, 2025
HOLLYWOOD, FL – (February 7, 2025) The full International Longshoremen’s Association Wage Scale Committee today gave unanimous approval to the
ILA/IDC Longshoremen Newsletter (#16, January 2025)
Read the newsletter here: ILA/IDC Longshoremen Newsletter (#16, January 2025)
ILWU Establishes Relief Fund To Aid Victims of Devastating Wildfires Affecting the California Area
NORTH BERGEN, NJ. (January 14, 2025) The ILWU has launched a relief campaign aimed at supporting the victims of the
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold J. Daggett Leads His Rank-and-File Members To Landmark Tentative Agreement on ILA Master Contract
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold J. Daggett Leads His Rank-and-File Members To Landmark Tentative Agreement on ILA Master Contract; Sixty-two
ILA President Harold Daggett Credits President Donald J. Trump’s Support As Key To Helping His Members Secure Greatest Contract
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (January 8, 2025) – The leader of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has a message to incoming
ILA Videos
Power of Longshore Solidarity in Video Featuring Dockworker Leaders; International Day of Docker Solidarity to Demonstrate Full Support To ILWU
Power of World-Wide Longshore Solidarity On Display In Video Featuring Six Dockworker Leaders; International Day of Docker Solidarity Held in
ILA Local 1416, Miami To Celebrate 85th Anniversary on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021
Download original document (English) MIAMI, FLORIDA – ILA Local 1416, Miami To Celebrate 85th Anniversary on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021.
After New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Praises ILA President Harold J. Daggett In Video, A Thousand Cheer His Remarks At Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Dinner In New York
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy called ILA President Harold J. Daggett “one of his partners in growing the New Jersey
AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka Discusses President Donald Trump’s First year in office
AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka discusses President Donald Trump’s first year in office and impact on American workers. From AFL-CIO: One
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