The International Longshoremen’s Association is the largest union of maritime workers in North America.
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The International Longshoremen’s Association is the largest union of maritime workers in North America, representing upwards of 70,000 longshoremen on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, Great Lakes, major U.S. rivers, Puerto Rico and Eastern Canada

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The International Longshoremen’s Association is the largest union of maritime workers in North America, representing upwards of 65,000 longshoremen on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, Great Lakes, major U.S. rivers, Puerto Rico, Eastern Canada, and the Bahamas.

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

Global Dockworker Unions to Join ILA this Wednesday to Stop Ørsted US from Stripping ILA Work Jurisdiction Handling Off-Shore Wind Components
Global Dockworker Unions To Join ILA This Wednesday, Sept. 20th Staging Rallies Around the World, To Stop Ørsted US From

Congratulations ILA Local 333 Port of Baltimore
Congratulations to ILA Local 333, Port of Baltimore, and its President Scott Cowan, on your 50th Anniversary. The famed ILA

ILA’s Scott Cowan, International Vice President From Port of Baltimore, to be Honored Tonight With “Outstanding Irish American Labor Leader” Award
ILA’s Scott Cowan, International Vice President From Port of Baltimore, To be Honored Tonight With Irish Echo Newspaper’s “Outstanding Irish

ILA President Harold J. Daggett Statement; Labor Day 2023
I want to thank our 85,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association as workers everywhere celebrate Our National Holiday: Labor

ILA Statement on Jacksonville (Florida) Hate Crime Killings
ILA Statement on Jacksonville (Florida) Hate Crime Killings; Historically Black University With Strong Connections to ILA Local 1408 Was Killer’s

ILA Local 1588 Joins In Jersey City, New Jersey’s 63rd Puerto Rican Day Festival
ILA Local 1588 Joins In Jersey City, New Jersey’s 63rd Puerto Rican Day Festival; ILA’s International Vice Presidents Carlos Ortiz
ILA Videos

Power ofLongshore 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