ILA News

ILA’s William “Billy” Hartigan To Be Honored With 2024 Irish Echo Labor Leader Award; Local 1804-1 Business Agent and ITF Representative Receives Award Sept. 6 in NYC NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (August 12, 2024) William “Billy” Hartigan, Business Agent for Local 1804-1, International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), and international labor activist who in recent years has […]

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (August 10, 2024) Harold J. Daggett, International President of the 85,000-member International Longshoremen’s Association, continues to work round the clock, eager to engage in serious negotiations with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), while also preparing his membership for a possible strike on October 1, 2024, if USMX fails to reach an agreement

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (August 9, 2024) As the possibility of a strike looms over the shipping industry, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) stands firm in its fight for a contract that truly compensates its members. However, it’s disheartening to confront the reality that there are those who look down on blue-collar workers, believing that

ILA Bringing Its Wage Scale Delegates Together In New Jersey In Early September For Wage Scale Committee Meetings and To Make Preparations For Possible Strike on October 1, 2024, If No Agreement With United States Maritime Alliance Can Be Reached NORTH BERGEN, NJ (August 3, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) earlier this week alerted

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (July 29, 2024) Eloy Cortez, a 27-year veteran of the ILA, was recently appointed as an International Vice President to fill the unexpired term of legendary ILA leader Clyde Fitzgerald, who stepped down from the International Executive Council. “Our ILA Executive Council voted unanimously to appoint Eloy Cortez as a Vice President