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NORTH BERGEN, NJ (April 30, 2025) New Jersey Gubernatorial Steve Sweeney, endorsed by the International Longshoremen’s Association and International President Harold J. Daggett, addressed over a thousand ILA members of Local 1804-1 last evening at the local’s monthly meeting in Short Hills, New Jersey, and pledged his continued support to the ILA against the threat […]

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (April 29, 2025) In mid-April, United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) Board of Directors announced the selected of F. Paul De Maria to be CEO and Chairman of USMX. De Maria served as the organization’s chief negotiator in the latest Master Contract negotiations between USMX and the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), helping

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (April 25, 2025) The 32nd Annual United States Maritime Alliance-International Longshoremen’s Association Children’s Fund Golf Outing, benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is scheduled for Monday, May 19th, 2025. The charity outing returns to Forsgate Country Club, in Monroe Township, New Jersey where the ILA and USMX join forces to raise

“The International Longshoremen’s Association mourns the passing of His Holiness, Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday 2025 at the age of 88. Pope Francis was the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, and a champion and advocate of working men and women around the world. It was an honor and a personal blessing for

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (April 16, 2025) John Cuozzo, an ILA veteran with more than a half century of service to the union, was honored last night as “Man of the Year” by the International Longshoremen’s Association New York-New Jersey District Council at their monthly meeting at Forno’s of Spain in Newark, New Jersey. Surrounded by