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LISBON, PORTUGAL (November 9, 2025)  In the decade and a half as International President of the 85,000-member International Longshoremen’s Association, Harold J. Daggett has achieved remarkable success for both his rank-and-file ILA members working at ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, Eastern Canada and the Bahamas; and for dockworkers […]

LISBON, PORTUGAL – (November 3, 2025)   International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold J. Daggett arrived in Lisbon, Portugal on Sunday, November 2, just days ahead of the historic “People Over Profits:  Anit-Automation Conference” that begins Wednesday, November 5 at the Pavilhão Carolos Lopes Convention Center in central Lisbon, Portugal.  The ILA leader was welcomed to

Global Union Dockworkers Sign Historic “Lisbon Summit Resolution” That Creates World-Wide Alliance To Halt Expansion of Job Killing Automated Ports; Alliance Members Pledge To Collectively Engage In Job Actions Against Companies That Invest in Machines Over Workers LISBON, PORTUGAL (November 6, 2025) The “Anti-Automation Conference: People Over Profits” concluded their inaugural two-day summit with the signing

Speaking In His Dual Leadership Roles With International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and International Dockworkers’ Council (IDC), Dennis Daggett Challenges Global Dockers To “Draw The Line Together” and Fight Elimination of Dockworkers From Automation; Pays Tribute To SEAL Dockworkers For Courage Surviving Five-Year Strike LISBON, PORTUGAL (November 5, 2025) Longshore Union Leader Dennis A. Daggett charged

LISBON, PORTUGAL – (November 5, 2025) The leader of the 85,000-member International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) opened the historic “People Over Profits: Anti-Automation Conference” in Lisbon, Portugal today and told hundreds of global dockworker and maritime union members that the threat of automation is “a full-blown attack on our very existence.”   He called for all