Jim Paylor, Assistant General Organizer, International Longshoremen’s Association, opens the second day of the ILA’s South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District Educational Conference. Paylor led the discussion on “Culture, Leadership, and Compliance: Leading teh Right Way.”
Kenny Oelkers, Director of ILA Education/History, Delivers Powerful History of International Longshoremen’s Association at ILA’s South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District’s Educational Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Brother Oelkers described the ILA’s historic year in 2025 when USMX-ILA Master Contract was signed; Twenty-fifth Anniversary Celebrations of ILA’s Charleston Five and the formation of the International
Leonard Aguilar, President, Texas AFL-CIO President (at right) welcomes hundr eds of ILA delegates to San Antonio, Texas. Brother Aguilar appears with Eloy Cortez, District Representative, South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District on panel “Learning Across the Labor Movement: An ILA and Texas AFL-CIO Conversation,” during the opening session of the District’s Educational Conference. Texas
WEBSTER, TX – (January 8, 2026) The South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District (SAGCD) will host the 2026 SAGCD Educational Conference from Sunday, January 11 through Thursday, January 15, 2026, at the JW Marriott in San Antonio, TX. This conference is bringing together leadership from across the district and the ILA for four days of
