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

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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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ILA salutes Stephen Cotton of ITF at 2014 AOTOS Award Dinner

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Stephen Cotton, General Secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation was awarded the 2014 Admiral of the Ocean Sea trophy at a dinner in Manhattan. Brother Cotton and the ITF were instrumental in recruiting worldwide labor support for the International Longshoremen’s Association during our negotiations more than two years ago. Along with similar support from

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Overwhelming Approval in ILA Master Contract Ratification Vote

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88% Said “Yes” and Every ILA Local Approved ILA Six-Year Agreem NORTH BERGEN, NJ – Final votes are still being counted and verified, but it appears that the six-year Master Contract, negotiated by United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association and ratified yesterday by ILA members at ports on the Atlantic and Gulf

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ILA Members Overwhelming Ratify New Six-Year Master Contract

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NORTH BERGEN, NJ – A new six-year Master Contract, covering some 14,500 waterfront workers belonging to the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) was overwhelming approved by ILA members today in a ratification vote conducted at ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast. The ILA negotiated this new Master Contract with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), an

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