Leaders from the Longshore Industry Honored Saturday evening at the Annual International Longshoremen’s Association Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee Award Dinner

Civil Rights Champions
CIVIL RIGHTS CHAMPIONS: Four Leaders from the Longshore Industry were honored Saturday evening at the Ninth Annual International Longshoremen’s Association Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee Award Dinner held at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

A huge crowd celebrated the accomplishments of Shekida Sprull, President of Local 1963, ILA; John Nardi, President, Shipping Association of New York and New Jersey; Michael J. Vigneron, President, Atlantic Coast District, ILA; and Bill Williams, Secretary-Treasurer, South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District, ILA who the 2022 honored guests at annual dinner.  Pictured from left to Right:  G. Rodney Owens, Vice Chairman, ILA Civil Rights Committee; Shekida Spruill, recipient of the Women’s Rights Award; John Nardi, recipient of the William Bernard Dudley Humanitarian Award; Bill Williams, recipient of the Labor Leader Award; Michael J. Vigneron, recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Award; and Herbert Hall, Chairman, ILA Civil Rights Committee.  The ILA Civil, Human and Women’s Rights Committee honors the memories of Alexander Talmadge, Sr. and Edward L. Brown, Sr.