ILA News

Holiday Cheer Community Dinner in Newark, New Jersey

If you were looking for some holiday cheer, you could find plenty at the Atlantic Coast District-ILA Civil Rights Committee sponsored Holiday Cheer Community Dinner in Newark, New Jersey last Friday evening. That’s where you found ACD Civil Rights Chairman W. Bernard Dudley (also president of ILA Local 1233 and an ACD Vice President) and […]

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ILA’s Daggett: “No change in bargaining”

Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said the ILA won’t change its contract bargaining process, except possibly to try to reverse the order in which coastwide and local agreements are negotiated. Daggett responded to remarks by David Adam, chairman and CEO of United States Maritime Alliance, who challenged employers and the

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New York Maritime Union Votes In Favor Of Joining Larger, International Organization

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Staten Island-based maritime union, Local 333, has voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots. Local 333 of the United Marine Division represents 1,300 New York Harbor mariners, including tugboat captains and crews, Staten Island Ferry workers, Circle Line and other tourist boat crews.

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ACD and Local 1804-1’s John Daggett Named Top Labor Leader By Irish Echo Newspaper

Mairead Tully of the Irish Echo Newspaper presents John Daggett, Atlantic Coast District Vice President and an officer with ILA Local 1804-1 with the Labor Heritage Award as part of the Irish Labor Top 50 Ceremonies held Friday evening, November 7th, 2014 at the Edison Hotel Ballroom in Manhattan. “The ILA has a long history

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