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Federal Maritime Commission Urges Biden Administration To Help Prioritize Vaccine Availability To ILA and ILWU Longshore Workers To Avoid Port Shutdowns and Cripple Nation’s Supply Chain

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NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (January 29, 2021):  Two Commissioners from the Federal Maritime Commission sent a letter to President Joseph Biden urging him to  encourage Port States to prioritize vaccine availability to our nation’s dockworkers belonging to the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). “While we recognized that prioritization for […]

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History of International Longshoremen’s Association Presidents

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  The ILA was first created along the Great Lakes Region in 1892 . That same year, The National Longshoreman Association was named and adopted at the Detroit Convention. At first, the Longshore Union was called “National Longshoremen’s Association of  the United States” However, the new union’s organizers were so successful in chartering Canadian locals that

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ILA PORTS OF SAVANNAH AND BRUNSWICK SUCCESS STARTS WITH HARD WORKING ILA MEMBERS AND STRONG LEADERSHIP

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ILA International Vice President Willie Seymour is joined by team of ILA members at Georgia Ports    Willie J. Seymore, International Vice President representing the Georgia Ports (Savannah and Brunswick), touts the supremacy of his ports and recognizes the ILA leaders . “These are the coaches of this great team,” Brother Seymore says about ILA

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W. Bernard Dudley, ILA’s Atlantic Coast District General Vice President, Passes Away at 72

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ILA President Harold Daggett Says ILA Has Lost A Brilliant Negotiator and Accomplished Man NORTH BERGEN, N.J. – (November 12, 2020) William Bernard Dudley, one of the most respected leaders in the International Longshoremen’s Association, passed away today in New Jersey.  He was nearing his 73rd birthday on November 22nd. Known to his legion of

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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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