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In Letter to Senator and House Transportation Committees Praising Longshore Labor, Federal Maritime Commissioners Urge Congress To Bring Aid To U.S. Terminal Operators To Ease Burden of Expected Shortfalls

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Commissioners Bentzel and Sola Urge Congressional Leaders to Address Port Terminal Needs During COVID-19 Crisis In letters to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Commissioners Carl W. Bentzel and Louis E. Sola urged Congressional leaders to consider a means to help alleviate […]

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With Eye Toward Protecting Container Royalty and MILA Benefits and Eligibility During COVID-19 Pandemic, ILA’s Dennis Daggett Spells Out Why “Hazard Pay” Could Threaten Industry’s Financial Stability

COVID-19 Updates, ILA News

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (April 21, 2020). Today, ILA Executive Vice President Dennis A. Daggett addressed the issue of ILA employers paying workforce hazard pay during COVID-19 Pandemic. Responding to inquiries he received from posts on the ILA New York-New Jersey Covid-19 Information Facebook Page and telephone calls, Daggett addressed the issue straight on in

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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.

COVID-19 Updates, ILA News

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

COVID-19 Updates, ILA News

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

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