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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

Tyre Nichols Death Represents Our Nation Is Failing To Meet Civil Rights Challenges; ILA Civil Rights Chair Promises Longshore Union Will Lead Fight for Equality and Justice
Tyre Nichols Death Represents Painful Fact Our Nation Is Failing To Meet Civil Rights Challenges; ILA Civil Rights Chair Herbie

Newark, New Jersey ILA Local 1233 Looks To Future With Optimism As ILA Executive Vice President Dennis A. Daggett Installs Newly Elected Officers
Newark, New Jersey ILA Local 1233 Looks To Future With Optimism As ILA Executive Vice President Dennis A. Daggett Installs

In New Year’s Greeting To ILA President, IDC Pledges Full Support to ILA In Future Master Contract Negotiations With USMX
In New Year’s Greeting To ILA President Harold Daggett, International Dockworkers Council (IDC) Pledges Full Support to ILA In Future

Longshoremen Newsletter No. 8 December 2022
Download original PDF here. As 2022 closes out, we sit back and take a moment to celebrate the 130 years

ILA and President Harold Daggett Achieve Victory In Right To Sue Employers Who Fail To Keep Contractual Pledges; National Labor Relations Board Rules ILA Suit To Win Jobs To Enforce its Contract In Charleston, SC Is Lawful and Can Move Forward
ILA and President Harold Daggett Achieve Victory In Right To Sue Employers Who Fail To Keep Contractual Pledges; National Labor

ILA & Atlantic Coast District, ILA Announce Location and Dates For 2023 Quadrennial Conventions; Union Returns to Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Florida
International Longshoremen’s Association and Atlantic Coast District, ILA Announce Location and Dates For 2023 Quadrennial Conventions; Union Returns to Diplomat
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