ILA President Harold J. Daggett Opens 55th International Longshoremen’s Association Convention With Powerful Keynote Address. He looks back at the ILA legends who built union; the strong current membership that helped negotiate and landmark six-year Master Contract and sees the ILA becoming a world-wide power through its affiliations with the International Dockers Council and International Transport Workers Federation. Led into the Convention Hall with the New York City Police Emerald Society Pipe Band, President Daggett announced the Convention theme: ILA Strong – Global Power.
