ILA President Harold J. Daggett Sends Message to President Joe Biden Slamming Federal Maritime Commission Louis E. Sola For “unwarranted attack on the working women and men represented by the ILA in the port of Charleston” NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (July 7, 2022) Harold J. Daggett, President, International Longshoremen’s Association, today wrote to President Joseph […]
Rep. Peter DeFazio, Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Tours Ports of Houston and Galveston with ILA Leaders and Port Stakeholders HOUSTON, TX – (June 28, 2022) This week, the ILA hosted Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who met with the ILA and management from the
History Takes Place as Grand Bahama Dockers Affiliation Agreement with ILA Becomes Official The Grand Bahama Dock and Allied Workers Union affiliated with the International Longshoremen’s Association became official on June 30, 2022. After seven years of organizing, led by ILA International Vice President Kenny Riley, the dockworkers at the Port of Freeport are excited
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (June 29, 2022) – The Grand Bahama Dock and Allied Workers Union will officially affiliate with the International Longshoremen Association at a signing ceremony to be held in Freeport Grand Bahama on June 30, 2022. International Executive Vice President Dennis A. Daggett will be in attendance to sign on behalf of the
ILA Joins Nation Recognizing Federal Holiday June Nineteenth, Commemorating The Emancipation of Enslaved African Americans NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (June 18, 2022) The International Longshoremen’s Association joins the nation in celebrating Juneteenth – recognizing the announcement of General Order No. 3 by Union Army General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, declaring freedom for enslaved
