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Daggett Celebrates 54 Years in ILA International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold J. Daggett joined the ILA in August of 1967 as a 21 year old and a member of ILA Local 1804-1 at the Port of NY/NJ. In a career spanning over 54 years, he became ILA President in 2011 and has served the membership

ILA Members hit the streets – (Year Unknown) Longshoremen hit the streets as ILA members strike for better wages and the right to collective bargaining. Many strikes went on for weeks and even months.  During this time our ILA brothers had no money coming in  for their families.  Nevertheless, they stood strong. The incredible sacrifices

PORT OF NY/NJ – (Circa 1920s) ILA Foreman selects Longshoremen to work the docks for the day at the job of unloading an incoming freighter at the pier along West Street on the Hudson River.

PORT OF NY/NJ – (November 9, 1935) ILA International President Joseph P. Ryan calls strike of 500 Longshoremen in Port Newark, NJto support the already striking Teamsters Union and Chauffeur’s Union. Ryan, in photo below, was the fourth President in ILA history and served the membership from 1927-1953.