The International Longshoremen’s Association is the largest union of maritime workers in North America.
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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.
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
ILA Wage Scale Delegates Conclude Contract Negotiations With Unanimous Support For Call For October 1st Strike
ILA Wage Scale Delegates Conclude Two-Day Contract Negotiations With Unanimous Support For International President Harold J. Daggett To Call For
ILA President Harold Daggett and Executive Vice President Dennis Daggett Discuss Strike Potential
International ILA President Harold Daggett and International Executive Vice President Dennis A. Daggett Address ILA Wage Scale Delegates and 85,000
ILA Opens Wage Scale Meetings Reviewing Contract Demands for New Agreement with USMX
International Longshoremen’s Association Opens Wage Scale Meetings in New Jersey With 250 Wage Scale Delegates Representing Atlantic and Gulf Coast
ILA Confident America Will Support Longshore Workers Trying to Win Fair Contract; Good Paying American Jobs Versus Foreign Companies Earning Billion Dollar Profits
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (August 22, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) is confident that polls showing high approval for
ILWU President Willie Adams Pledges Solidarity With ILA In Negotiations With USMX
“ILWU and ILA Remain Militant and Resolute In Our Fight Against Automation” NORTH BERGEN, NJ (August 16, 2024) The leader
Popular “ILA Night at Yankee Stadium” Returns on Friday, September 27, 2024
Popular “ILA Night At Yankee Stadium” Returns on Friday, September 27, 2024, When ILA Goes to Bat For St. Jude’s
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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