Click to Download the original Word file CALL FOR ACTION Comrades, Port-workers, We all live in a globalized world. Indeed, we especially feel the implications of globalization each day at work. In our industry, shipping lines are grouped into a few alliances and port operators concentrate and develop the same strategies to achieve the same […]
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Legendary Miami ILA Leader, Billy C. Smith, Passes Away; Services in Miami Will Be Followed By Funeral on Tuesday in Georgia Like a ship returning to its home port after that final voyage, it is with sad news that ILA Local 1416 in Miami announces the recent death on Sunday, June 5, 2016 of Mr.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx Appoints ILA’s Dennis Daggett To Federal Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (June 8, 2016) – Dennis A. Daggett, Executive Vice President of the International Longshoremen’s Association has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, to serve on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau
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Hillary Clinton’s Election As President Will Halt “Right To Work” Campaign And Other Legislation Harmful to ILA Members and America’s Labor Movement NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (March 29, 2016) A week from today, Tuesday, April 5, 2016, the ILA’s Great Lake State of Wisconsin will host its presidential primary; in preparation ILA President Harold Daggett spoke
San Diego, CA (Feb. 25, 2016) – The Maritime Labor Alliance (MLA), comprised of six major maritime unions in North America and representing 120,000 members, has approved an ambitious program to collectively strengthen all member-unions and expand its influence in maritime legislation, organizing, negotiations and jurisdiction. The MLA held its semi-annual meeting in San Diego,
