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ILA and Employers in New York and New Jersey Remind Workforce To Remain Vigilant Observing All Safety Procedures To Protect Against Spreading COVID-19

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NORTH BERGEN, NJ (December 31, 2020) – The leaders of the International Longshoremen’s Association; New York Shipping Association, Inc., and Metropolitan Marine Maintenance Contractor’s Association, Inc., recently sent a memo (copy attached) to the ILA workforce in the Port of New York and New Jersey reminding them of the importance of observing all safety to […]

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SEASON OF GIVING: Toy Drive

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Nice job by members of ILA Local 1235 in Newark for their successful Toy Drive during this Holiday Christmas Season. Brandon Garcia, ILA Local 1235 President says: “Could not be prouder of the members of Local 1235. They generously donated gifts to over 150 children in need. It makes me grateful to serve each and

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Kenny Riley Leads Effort Spreading Christmas Cheer To Children In Remote African Village

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With Support From International Longshoremen’s Association, Kenny Riley Leads Effort Spreading Christmas Cheer To Children In Remote Village of Garmu in Liberia, Western Africa NORTH BERGEN, NJ (December 22, 2020) – Hundreds of African children from the remote village of Garmu and surrounding areas in Liberia near the Western Africa shore were treated to an early

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President-Elect Joe Biden Shared His Long Association and Respect for ILA at 2011 Washington Meeting with ILA President Harold Daggett

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NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (November 9, 2020)  In late summer 2011, then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden hosted a small group of labor leaders, including ILA President Harold J.Daggett, at his residence in Washington, DC. There, the now President-Elect Joe Biden told the ILA leader of his long association with the longshore union, at the

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Legendary ILA Leader Andrew Lee Laws Passes away at 93, Compiling Historic 70-Plus Year Career With International Longshoremen’s Association

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NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 7, 2020) Andrew Lee Laws, Sr. , who started his career as a longshoreman and member of the International Longshoremen’s Association in 1949, when Harry S. Truman was our U.S. President and Joseph Ryan led the ILA, and who would accumulate an amazing 70-plus years on the Texas waterfront, passed

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