ILA News

Attack on Public Sector Unions Is an Attack on Organized Labor North Bergen, NJ – With the Supreme Court about to hear oral arguments next Monday, January 11, 2016, in a case (Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association) which asks them to overrule a 1977 decision and hold that public employees who don’t want to join […]

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (Dec. 23, 2015) – Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association received an early Christmas present last week when the Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Act, passed by Congress, postpones for two years the implementation of the American Care Act’s so called “Cadillac Tax.” ILA members covered under MILA might have seen the

An accident involving an ILA Local 824 member who was tossed into the turbulent Hudson River while tying up the passenger ship, Norwegian Breakaway, this past Sunday could have turned deadly, but instead had a happy ending thanks to a heroic rescue and lifesaving effort by a fellow ILA member. Mark McQuaid, 37-years-old and a

Click here to view the 2015 OSH Circulars The ILA-USMX Joint Safety Committee (JSC) has produced a series of occupational safety and health (OSH) bulletins. These important materials for all employees, from safety personnel to rank-and-file maritime workers, were widely distributed via email, at industry-wide events, and are available here and on the USMX website.