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ACD Kicks Off 35th Quadrennial Convention in San Juan; Prominent Speakers Present

2015 ACD Convention, Atlantic Coast District

Atlantic Coast District of the International Longshoremen’s Association kicks off 35th Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico; New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak and St. Lawrence Seaway Director Betty Sutton Among Speakers San Juan, PR – (July 14, 2015) The Atlantic Coast District, International Longshoremen’s Association kicks off its 35th Quadrennial Convention this morning in […]

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ILA Member’s Son and Aunt Among Nine Victims of Church Shooting; ILA Leaders Respond

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ILA Member’s Son and Aunt Among Nine Victims of Charleston, South Carolina Church Shooting; ILA Leaders Respond To Senseless Tragedy NORTH BERGEN, NJ – Harold J. Daggett, International President; Clyde Fitzgerald, President, South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District and Dennis A. Daggett, President, Atlantic Coast District, International Longshoremen’s Association issued the following statement on the

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PORTS Bill is an Overreach, Would Undermine Collective Bargaining Rights

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2015 CONTACT: Jonna Huseman [email protected] 202-679-0187 Washington, DC—Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement on the introduction of the Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments (PORTS) Act: “Senator Cory Gardner’s PORTS bill is a blatant overreach by corporate interests whose sole objective is

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Overwhelming Approval in ILA Master Contract Ratification Vote

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88% Said “Yes” and Every ILA Local Approved ILA Six-Year Agreem NORTH BERGEN, NJ – Final votes are still being counted and verified, but it appears that the six-year Master Contract, negotiated by United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association and ratified yesterday by ILA members at ports on the Atlantic and Gulf

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