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ILA Breaks Ties With AFL-CIO Over Unfair Treatment In Jurisdiction Disputes

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Union Angered Over Federation Granting Separate Charter To Long-Time ILA Affiliate               NORTH BERGEN, NJ. (November 13, 2020) – The International Longshoremen’s Association this week disaffiliated with the American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations, ending a 61-year association with the AFL-CIO. The ILA’s Executive Council unanimously […]

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President-Elect Joe Biden Shared His Long Association and Respect for ILA at 2011 Washington Meeting with ILA President Harold Daggett

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NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (November 9, 2020)  In late summer 2011, then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden hosted a small group of labor leaders, including ILA President Harold J.Daggett, at his residence in Washington, DC. There, the now President-Elect Joe Biden told the ILA leader of his long association with the longshore union, at the

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ILA President Harold Daggett and Union Applaud ILWU President Willie Adams On His Selection As “15 Black Union Leaders Making Their Marks on the Labor Movement”

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NORTH BERGEN, NJ (October 22, 2020) – President Daggett tells ILWU leader: “Your remarkable career in our beloved longshoring industry is a story of a gift, talented and dedicated progressive labor leader who always recognized and appreciated the value and power of solidarity.” Download the letter here.

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