COVID-19 Updates

Sister of ILA International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold J. Daggett Passes Away From Complications Due To Coronavirus; Bettejane Daggett Jaeger Was 75

NORTH BERGEN, NJ. (April 8, 2020). Bettejane Daggett Jaeger, sister of International President Harold J. Daggett, passed away today from complications due to COVID-19. Bettejane is the mother of Mary Jaeger, who is a Controller and Director of ILA Business Affairs at the International Longshoremen’s Association. “Our lovely Irish Rose said goodbye to us today, […]

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ILA and USMX Issue Protocol To Stop the Spread of Coronavirus In Master Contract Ports; Rules Are “Mandatory” For the Safety and Protection of the Workforce

NORTH BERGEN, N.J. (April 9, 2020) United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) have agreed upon a protocol that must be followed by all Master Contract Employers and all ILA Locals that represent their employees, according to guidelines being distributed today, April 9th by Harold J. Daggett, International ILA President and

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Two Retired Members From ILA Local 920, Staten Island, New York Succumb To Coronavirus; Brothers Moses McCain and Neil DeLuzio Each Had Over 40 Years With ILA

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (Tuesday, April 7, 2020) The ILA mourns the passing of two long-serving members of ILA Local 920, Staten Island, New York, who passed away in recent days from complications with COVID-19. Brother Moses McCain and Neil DeLuzio each worked as Longshoremen for over four decades and were proud members of ILA

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Heroic members of ILA Local 1416 at Port of Miami help disembark passengers and unload luggage from Coral Princess

Heroic members of ILA Local 1416 at Port of Miami help disembark passengers and unload luggage from Coral Princess. Two passengers died on the Coronavirus stricken cruise ship. Under the direction of ILA Vice Presidents Kenny Riley and Luis Gonzales, the ILA supplied ILA members from Locals 1416 and 1922 to help Coronavirus stricken passengers

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ILA Suffers Two More Deaths To COVID-19 As Otis Saleem Johnson From ILA Local 1233 and Orlando Mercado From ILA Local 1235 Pass Away From Coronavirus

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (April 4, 2020). The International Longshoremen’s Association continues to suffer loss of life due to COVID-19. ILA members Otis Saleem Johnson, from Local 1233 in Newark, and Orlando Mercado, from Local 1235, passed away in recent days from Coronavirus. Scores of ILA members have relatives that have contracted COVID-19 and several have

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