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ILA Confident America Will Support Longshore Workers Trying to Win Fair Contract; Good Paying American Jobs Versus Foreign Companies Earning Billion Dollar Profits

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (August 22, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) is confident that polls showing high approval for labor unions across America will be an asset as it prepares for ILA Wage Scale Meetings for early September and a possible coast-wide strike at Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports on October 1, 2024, if […]

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ILWU President Willie Adams Pledges Solidarity With ILA In Negotiations With USMX

“ILWU and ILA Remain Militant and Resolute In Our Fight Against Automation” NORTH BERGEN, NJ (August 16, 2024) The leader of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU), Willie E. Adams, today reaffirmed his union’s support for the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and its negotiations with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), in a letter sent

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Popular “ILA Night at Yankee Stadium” Returns on Friday, September 27, 2024

Popular “ILA Night At Yankee Stadium” Returns on Friday, September 27, 2024, When ILA Goes to Bat For St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital; 7:05 Night Game Features 1960 World Series Rematch—Yanks against Pittsburgh Pirates NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (August 15, 2024) The widely popular “ILA Night At Yankee Stadium” is set for its 2024 edition

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ILA’s William “Billy” Hartigan to be Honored with 2024 Irish Echo Labor Leader Award

ILA’s William “Billy” Hartigan To Be Honored With 2024 Irish Echo Labor Leader Award; Local 1804-1 Business Agent and ITF Representative Receives Award Sept. 6 in NYC NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (August 12, 2024) William “Billy” Hartigan, Business Agent for Local 1804-1, International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), and international labor activist who in recent years has

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ILA President Harold Daggett Preparing for Wage Scale Meetings with ILA Members in September—And a Potential Coastwide Strike in October

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (August 10, 2024) Harold J. Daggett, International President of the 85,000-member International Longshoremen’s Association, continues to work round the clock, eager to engage in serious negotiations with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), while also preparing his membership for a possible strike on October 1, 2024, if USMX fails to reach an agreement

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