NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (Tuesday, April 7, 2020) The ILA mourns the passing of two long-serving members of ILA Local 920, Staten Island, New York, who passed away in recent days from complications with COVID-19. Brother Moses McCain and Neil DeLuzio each worked as Longshoremen for over four decades and were proud members of ILA […]
Heroic members of ILA Local 1416 at Port of Miami help disembark passengers and unload luggage from Coral Princess. Two passengers died on the Coronavirus stricken cruise ship. Under the direction of ILA Vice Presidents Kenny Riley and Luis Gonzales, the ILA supplied ILA members from Locals 1416 and 1922 to help Coronavirus stricken passengers
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (April 4, 2020). The International Longshoremen’s Association continues to suffer loss of life due to COVID-19. ILA members Otis Saleem Johnson, from Local 1233 in Newark, and Orlando Mercado, from Local 1235, passed away in recent days from Coronavirus. Scores of ILA members have relatives that have contracted COVID-19 and several have
NORTH BERGEN, NJ. (April 1, 2020). The horrible COVID-19 Pandemic has claimed the lives of two ILA members from the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana. Brothers Wendell Lacour and Robert Givens. passed away yesterday from the Coronavirus. Both Brother Lacour and Givens were members of ILA Local 3000, in the Port of New Orleans and
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (March 26, 2020) – The world has changed mightily for Johnny Dixon in six short weeks. Back on Sunday, February 9, 2020, he was installed as President of ILA Local 1526, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where ILA leader from around the country joined him in the celebration at Port Everglades. ILA Executive
