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 Local 1657 Facing Automation Job Cuts at Port of Montreal; ILA President Harold Daggett Offers International Support In Letter To Canadian Local
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (November 4, 2024) The fight against job-killing automation is currently raging at the Port of Montreal, Quebec,
ILA’s Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee To Hold Annual Meeting In New Jersey Saturday, November 2, 2024
ILA’s Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee To Hold Annual Meeting In New Jersey Saturday, November 2, 2024; Evening Awards
ILA Praises Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su and EPA For Advocating For ILA Jobs As Part of EPA Funding For Zero-Emission Port Equipment and Infrastructure: “Human Operated and Human Maintained”
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 25, 2024) At United States ports where ILA members work, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
In Powerful Video, ILA Members Share Why Helping Hurricane Victims is a Labor of Love for Them; “We are ‘Giving People’ Always Working Hard for the Community.”
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STATEMENT BY ILA PRESIDENT HAROLD J. DAGGETT ON THE PASSING OF DONATO “DAN” CARUSO, LONG TIME GENERAL COUNSEL, USMX AND NYSA
On behalf of the officers and 85,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, I extend condolences and deepest sympathy to
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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