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Leonard Aguilar, President, Texas AFL-CIO President (at right) welcomes hundr eds of ILA delegates to San Antonio, Texas. Brother Aguilar appears with Eloy Cortez, District Representative, South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District on panel “Learning Across the Labor Movement: An ILA and Texas AFL-CIO Conversation,” during the opening session of the District’s Educational Conference. Texas […]

WEBSTER, TX – (January 8, 2026) The South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District (SAGCD) will host the 2026 SAGCD Educational Conference from Sunday, January 11 through Thursday, January 15, 2026, at the JW Marriott in San Antonio, TX. This conference is bringing together leadership from across the district and the ILA for four days of

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (December 20, 2025) The past year of 2025 was just eight days old when International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold J. Daggett announced tentative agreement on a landmark six-year Master Contract with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), that was hailed as the greatest Collective Bargaining Agreement ever negotiated by a union. That successful