Port of NY/NJ, October 1960 Containerization was still in its early days as just four years prior on April 27, 1956 the first container ship ever to set sail traveled from Port Newark, NJ to Port Houston, TX.
ILA members moving boxes by hand at the Port of NY/NJ during the fall of 1960 Read More »
WORLDWIDE SOLIDARITY!! Thank you Juanpi and our dockworkers brothers from Chile for your full support as the International Longshoremen’s Association begins master contract negotiations! DOCKWORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!!
The ILA has been working on the docks and moving commerce around the world for over 132 years. All the back breaking work, the blood, sweat and tears….all the struggles…all the strikes….this is was has brought our great union to what it is today….we honor all the women and and men of the ILA that
THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED 1892 Read More »
Statement By Harold J. Daggett, President, International Longshoremen’s Association On the Collapse of Francis Scott Key Bridge In the Port of Baltimore NORTH BERGEN, NJ (March 26, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association extends prayers to those impacted by the collapse this morning of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Port of Baltimore. “Our 85,000
Port of NY/NJ Circa 1950’s LONGSHOREMEN REPORT FOR THE MORNING SHAPE ILA members report to the hiring hall for the morning shape on Manhattan’s West Side piers during the 1950’s.
LONGSHOREMEN REPORT FOR THE MORNING SHAPE Read More »
