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12TH Annual International Longshoremen’s Association Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee Award Dinner To Honor Four At November 1st Dinner in New Jersey

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 24, 2025) The Twelfth Annual International Longshoremen’s Association Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee Award Dinner will honor four Industry leaders at a dinner scheduled for Saturday, November 1, 2025, at the Envue Autograph Collection Hotel in Weehawken, New Jersey.  A reception begins at 6 pm with the dinner and […]

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Global Dockworker and Maritime Unions Will Convene In Lisbon On November 5 and 6, 2025, To Formulate Strategies and Actions To Fight Job Killing Automation

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 23, 2025)   The goal of International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold J. Daggett to bring dockworker and other maritime union leaders from around the world together for a conference to combat the ongoing threat of automation will be achieved in less than two weeks in Lisbon, Portugal. In that Western

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ILA President Harold J. Daggett Calls on All Dockworker and Maritime Union Officials Worldwide To Participate In Historic November Summit in Lisbon, Portugal and Join Global Response To Threat of Automation*

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (October 16, 2025)  As job losses continue to mount globally at an alarming rate due to the ravages of automation, Harold J. Daggett, the president of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) is urging all Maritime Unions to attend an upcoming anti-automation conference his union is organizing along with the world-wide International Dockworkers

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ILA President Harold Daggett Expresses “Unwavering Support and Solidarity” In Letter To ILWU Members Following California Governor Gavin Newsom’s “Disgraceful Veto” of Bill To Protect Longshore Workers Against Public Funding of Port Automated Equipment

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 15, 2025) ILA President Harold Daggett came out swinging today in a strongly worded letter of support and solidarity with the officers and members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, after California Governor Gavin Newsom turned his back on working men and women and vetoed a bi-partisan bill (SB

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ILA’s Thomas M. Little Saluted At Retirement Bash Honoring His Amazing 56 Year Waterfront Career

NORFOLK, VA (October 13, 2025) Big Night in Hampton Roads, Virginia as ILA’s Thomas Little was saluted at his retirement dinner, celebrating his remarkable 56-year career as a longshoreman and union officer. Surrounded by his wife Glenda and family in, the retirement bash for Tommy Little featured tributes from many well-wishers, including Congressman Bobby Scott;

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