The International Longshoremen’s Association is the largest union of maritime workers in North America.
Welcome to the ILA
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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.![](https://ilaunion.org/wp-content/uploads/history-front-300x200.jpg)
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.![](https://ilaunion.org/wp-content/uploads/trackingdamages-300x200.jpg)
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
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ILA President Harold Daggett Asks ILA Members To Pray For Former President Donald Trump and Victims at Saturday’s Pennsylvania Rally; Recalls Productive Meeting Last November With Trump
ILA President Harold Daggett Asks ILA Members To Pray For Former President Donald Trump and Victims at Saturday’s Pennsylvania Rally;
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ILA President Harold Daggett Says Threat of October 1st Strike At Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports Growing More Likely
ILA President Harold Daggett Says Threat of October 1st Strike At Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports Growing More Likely As
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ILA Constitution
Dear Brothers and Sisters: Attached is the International Longshoremen’s Association Constitution as amended at the most recent convention in July,
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Raymond Sierra, Long Serving International ILA Vice President from the Great Lakes, Passes Away
Raymond Sierra, Long Serving International ILA Vice President from the Great Lakes, Passes Away June 28th, 2024, in Portage, Indiana;
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South Carolina Ports and International Longshoremen’s Association Announce Agreement for Port of Charleston
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (June 27, 2024). South Carolina Ports and ILA proudly announced this week that after productive and
ILA Videos
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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
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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.
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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
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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