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“Federal Agency Guidance for Today’s Labor Environment – How to Avoid Common Pitfalls.” makes presentation as the final panel on Day Two of ILA’s South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District Educational Conference. The panel included Walter Darr (left), Marketing Member, Labor Relations, Derr & Associates; Tara T. Hamilton, District Director, U.S. Department of Labor; and […]

PRAYER WORKS! Inspirational presentation led by Todd Stewart at the ILA’s South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District Educational Conference. Stewart, Chairman of Hope Legacy Collective in Houston, Texas, offered address to ILA delegates and urged them to bring faith, trust and love into their workplace. “Power comes from us individually,” Stewart proclaimed.

LEGAL PANEL DISCUSSES “OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES, ELECTIONS, FIDUCIARY DUTIES AND RECORDKEEPING”: Eric Nelson (left), Counsel to ILA’s South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District, serves as moderator on legal panel at District’s Educational Conference. Lesley Mardon (center) and John Sheridan, both attorneys at Mazzola Mardon Firm, the Counsel to the ILA, speak on local union officers responsibilities.

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