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 Update – Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11 am
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (September 30, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) reports that United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) continues
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ILA’s “Big Jack” Pennington Writes Searing Essay about Threat of Automation; ILA International President Daggett Applauds Response: “You Just Explained it the Best Way Anybody Could”
ILA’s “Big Jack” Pennington Writes Searing Essay on Facebook About Threat of Automation; ILA International President Harold Daggett Applaud His
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USMX Continues Weak Publicity Campaign Against ILA With “Unfair Labor Practices” Suit; Foreign Shipping Companies Exploiting American Longshoremen is Unfair Labor Practice: ILA
USMX Continues Its Weak Publicity Campaign Against ILA With “Unfair Labor Practices” Suit; ILA Says Foreign Shipping Companies Exploiting American
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ILA will Maintain Pledge to Handle Military Cargo During Strike; Passenger Cruise Ships to be Unaffected by 10/1 Strike
ILA, the “I LOVE AMERICA” Union, will Maintain its Longstanding Pledge to Handle Military Cargo During Strike; Passenger Cruise Ships
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In Multiple Communications with ILA Leadership, USMX Held Firm to Stingy Wage Offers Rejected by ILA Wage Scale Committee
In Multiple Communications With ILA Leadership In Recent Weeks, United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) Held Firm To Stingy Wage Offers
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Union Will Be on “Right Side of History” if it Must Strike October 1; “Corporate Greed Must End”: ILA Executive Vice President Dennis A. Daggett
ILA’s Dennis A. Daggett Says Union Will Be On “Right Side of History” If It Must Strike on October 1,
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