News

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (April 11, 2025) – The International Longshoremen’s Association will be joining unions across America and around the globe observing “International Workers’ Memorial Day” during the week of April 28, 2025. On Monday, April 28th, Shipping Association of New York and New Jersey-International Longshoremen’s Association Employee Assistance Program will hold a ceremony at […]

Only voters affiliated with the Democratic Party can vote in the Primary Election. Voters currently affiliated with another political party who want to vote in the Democratic Primary must change their affiliation by April 16. Unaffiliated voters can affiliate with the Democratic Party up to and on the day of the primary. VOTER REGISTRATION If

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (April 2, 2025) In a letter sent this week to all International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Locals, International Executive Vice President Dennis A. Daggett revealed plans for the construction of a civic youth center in West Belfast, Ireland that will be named in honor of ILA President Harold J. Daggett. “This center, named

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (March 12, 2025) In 1972, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) last received an increase in dues from its members. That was 53 years ago—longer than I have been alive. And yet, in that time, the ILA has fought and delivered on some of the most crucial victories in modern labor history. In

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (March 11, 2025) – Leaders from the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd., (USMX) today officially signed an extension to their Master Contract that will be effective October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2030. The two sides hailed the new agreement as a “win-win” for both the ILA