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ILA President Harold Daggett Calls ILA Members “America’s Heroes” In This Video That Salutes Them As They Keep Ports Open and Working During COVID-19 Pandemic. Other ILA Leaders Discuss Efforts to Keep Ports Open and Safe.

Watch the video on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDmojB5a5_o&feature=emb_logo

ILA President Harold Daggett Calls ILA Members “America’s Heroes” In This Video That Salutes Them As They Keep Ports Open and Working During COVID-19 Pandemic. Other ILA Leaders Discuss Efforts to Keep Ports Open and Safe. Read More »

ILA Leaders Working Round the Clock Securing PPE Equipment for ILA Longshore Workforce; ILA Leader Calls on President Trump and Congress To Make Protective Equipment Available

NORTH BERGEN, NJ. (April 17, 2020) ILA Leadership wasted little time jumping into action to secure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for its ILA workforce, long before the Coronavirus Pandemic began a national crisis throughout North America and around the world. While their effort was strong and tireless from the very start, the availability of PPE

ILA Leaders Working Round the Clock Securing PPE Equipment for ILA Longshore Workforce; ILA Leader Calls on President Trump and Congress To Make Protective Equipment Available Read More »

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Extends Workers’ TWIC Cards That Expired On or After March 1, 2020 By 180 Days; Exemption Took Effect On April 10 and Remains Until July 31, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – (April 15, 2020) The TSA is granting a temporary exemption from requirements in “49 CFR part 1572” regarding the expiration of certain Transportation Workers Identification Credentials (TWIC). For the duration of this exemption, TSA will extend the expiration date of TWIC cards that expired on or after March 1, 2020 by 180

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Extends Workers’ TWIC Cards That Expired On or After March 1, 2020 By 180 Days; Exemption Took Effect On April 10 and Remains Until July 31, 2020 Read More »

ILA and USMX Establish Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plan To Assist Eligible ILA-Represented Master Contract Workers To Replace Lost Income Caused By COVID-19

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (April 14, 2020) The ILA and USMX are happy to advice that they have agreed to establish this supplemental unemployment benefit plan (“SUB Plan”) to assist eligible ILA-represented workers covered by the Master Contract to replace lost income caused by the coronavirus know as COVID-1. The SUB Plan will supplement state

ILA and USMX Establish Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plan To Assist Eligible ILA-Represented Master Contract Workers To Replace Lost Income Caused By COVID-19 Read More »

ILA and Employers in New York and New Jersey Distribute Three Handbooks For Members Instructing Them On COVID-19 Scenarios and Benefits Available

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (April 14, 2020) The ILA in the Port of New York and New Jersey was joined by New York Shipping Association; Metropolitan Marine Maintenance Contractor’s Association, Inc., and USMX in producing and distributing three Handbooks for ILA members Instructing them on COVID-19 Scenarios and Benefits Available. The three brochures were designed

ILA and Employers in New York and New Jersey Distribute Three Handbooks For Members Instructing Them On COVID-19 Scenarios and Benefits Available Read More »