This education link has been set up to keep all ILA members informed of what’s taking place in our industry; past and present. This site will include articles, stories, photographs and videos. At times, some of the videos will include training and be educational. Other times, we will take a look into our past and learn more and more about the history of this union and how it was built into what it is today.
ILA Education/History
OFFICIAL ILA EDUCATION/HISTORY PAGE ENDORSED BY OUR INTERNATIONAL
Never forget the sacrifices ILA members made to build our great union into what it is today
Port of NY/NJ
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NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE DOING BUSINESS ON THE SOUTH STREET PIERS IN NEW YORK CITY
Amazing photograph of the South Street Piers with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background.
If you enlarge the photograph, on the building the business is:
NEW YORK & BALTIMORE TRANSPORTATION LINE,
FOR BALTIMORE
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Great photo of the South Street Piers-plus horse and wagon days WOW Beautiful terminal
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
GOD LOVES THE ILA
ILA Local 1804-1 member Jesse Miller proudly displays the International Longshoremen’s Association 1804-1 banner during his visit to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil!
AMAZING!!
Thank you Brother Jesse Miller for sharing this photograph with us!
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Nice detail BUDDY…..💝ILA…..🇺🇸✌️🍷🍷
ILA/USMX JOINT SAFETY COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 2025
Please take a moment to read the attached circular regarding CONTAINER HANDLING EQUIPMENT TIP-OVERS
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Port of NY/NJ
Magnificent photograph of Maher Terminals at the Port Elizabeth, NJ
Wishing all our ILA sisters and brothers a blessed week!!
The best of the best!!
Be safe
God Bless you all!
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Bless the ILA and all its members, past and present.
THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S ASSOCIATION
ESTABLISHED 1892
Let us never forget the sacrifices all ILA members made that came before us to build our great union into what it is today!
God Bless the ILA!!
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Still going strong 💪 1694 Wilmington, Delaware.
1422 Port of Charleston South Carolina
And god bless the ILWU Local 10 Proud member 101870✊🏻
Awesome... Local 28 Port of Houston 35 years. Crane Operator...
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ILA 1475 Clerk and Checkers Garden City GA Terminal ⚓️🇺🇸
Still going strong 💪🏾 local 1408 Jacksonville Florida
I L A 1416 39 years I Love It GOD Bless I L A
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Port Houston
Port Miami
ILA LOCAL 1416 LEADERS OUT OF PORT MIAMI VISIT SAGCD HEADQUARTERS IN WEBSTER, TX
ILA Local 1416 labor leaders attended the Breakbulk Americas Conference in Houston this past week. During their time there they were able to visit the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District offices’ and met up with ILA SAGCD President Alan Robb in Webster, TX to discuss ILA business.
In photograph, from left to right, are:
ILA Local 1416 Trustee Tyrell Stewart
ILA Local 1416 Financial Treasurer Dana Ferguson
ILA SAGCD Rep John Williams
ILA Local 1416 Vice President Stephen Hopkins
ILA Local 1416 President Eugene “Champ” Dixon
SAGCD President Alan Robb.
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1416 🫡🫡
Seeing teamwork like this is truly inspiring, keep up the good work! 💪
So which one not married?🤣🤣😜
Keep up the amazing work 💯💯💪💪👏👏🔥🔥
Lets go 🎉💯Local #1416🙏
✊😤 My People's 😤✊
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Port of Tampa
11 PORTS AMERICA MECHANICS/CRANE TECHS ARE ECSTATIC TO LEARN THEY WILL NOW BE PART OF THE ILA LOCAL 1402 UMBRELLA AT THE PORT OF TAMPA
A message from ILA Local 1402 Secretary Treasurer Stephen Hall:
“What a monumental day for the ILA in Tampa on October 1, 2025, as Local 1402 President Andre Davis executed an MOU this week while in Houston.
(October 2, 2025) Local 1402 Secretary-Treasuer Stephen Hall welcomed the transition of Ports America crane techs and mechanics under the ILA Local 1402 work jurisdiction.
“We transitioned the 11 Ports America Mechanics and Crane Techs under the ILA 1402 umbrella. They were ecstatic to learn of the benefits packages negotiated by the ILA and look forward to wearing the ILA Flag over their shop.
We give thanks to SA&GCD President Alan Robb, ILA President Harold Daggett and ILA Executive Vice President Dennis Daggett for their wisdom and dedicated leadership in helping to make this possible.”
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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I want to thank the man who holds down Local 1402 in my absence and for supporting and helping me through the couple of New Contract agreements that we achieved in the last couple of months. I really appreciate you my brother Stephen Hall. ILA STRONG 💪🏽
Long over due. Now they need their own Local#
And they all deserve it ! Bunch of hard working men ! Shoutout to our mechanics , love from #1691 !
Congratulations
Congratulations
Congratulations 🎊 👏
Congratulations to you guys! Great news!
Congratulations
God bless my president that made this happen with Dennis💯❤️🥂 god bless the ILA 
Go Union
Congrats 👏
Houston, TX
ILA MEETS UP WITH ILWU
As the Breakbulk Americas 2025 Conference comes to a close in Houston, we were honored to spend some time with our brothers from the ILWU out of Tacoma, Washington
In photograph, left to right, is:
Brock Graber, Vice President, ILWU Local 23, Tacoma, WA
Kenny Oelkers, ILA International Education Director, Port of NY/NJ
Robert Embrey, ILA Local 28, Container Inspector, Port Houston, TX
Billy Hartigan, ILA Local 1804-1 Business Agent/ITF, Port of NY/NJ
John Daggett, Atlantic Coast District General Vice President/ILA Local 1804-1 Vice President, Port of NY/NJ
Jared Faker, President, ILWU Local 23, Tacoma, WA
**DOCKWORKERS SOLIDARITY**
**EAST COAST/WEST COAST**
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Houston, TX
ILA 1804-1 BUSINESS AGENT BILLY HARTIGAN VISITS THE MARINE ENGINEERS BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION OFFICES’ IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
ILA
MEBA
UNION SOLIDARITY
At right….ILA Local 1804-1 Business Agent Billy Hartigan visits MEBA Gulf Coast Vice President Adam Smith and MEBA Gulf Coast Representative Jay Wedman at the MEBA Gulf Coast Headquarters offices’ in downtown Houston, TX
The members of MEBA showed tremendous support and solidarity with the ILA in Houston and New Jersey during ILA Strike October 2024.
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A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM ILA INTERNATIONAL CHIEF OF STAFF JAMES MCNAMARA:
ILA President Harold Daggett Announces Appointment of Brigadier General (Ret) Harrison “H.B.” Gilliam As Union’s Military Advisor and Consultant
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 2, 2025) International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold J. Daggett announced the appointment of Brigadier General (Ret) Harrison “H.B.” Gilliam as the union’s Military Advisor and Consultant. The appointment is effective October 1, 2025.
“I am proud to welcome Brigadeer General H.B. Gilliam to the ILA to serve in the important role as the ILA’s Military Advisor and Consultant,” said ILA President Daggett. “Gen. Gilliam brings a wealth of experience, including a distinguished military career that will serve him well in this new role with the ILA.”
“It was an honor for me to serve the United States of America’s Armed Forces, and now I welcome the opportunity to serve the 85,000 members of the ILA,” said Gen. Gilliam.
The retired Brigadeer General brings a wealth of military experience to the ILA. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in June 1991 following attendance at Officer Candidate School. He completed the Special Forces Qualification Course in 1993 and served in a variety of positions within the Special Forces community over the last 30 years.
In one of his current roles as Director of Operations and Outreach for the Special Forces Charitable Trust which connected him to senior Special Operation Leaders across the U.S. Army. His vast military background includes serving as Deputy Commanding General at the Special Warfare Center and School in Fort Liberty, North Carolina; Director of Joint Staff – West Virginia National Guard and Director of European Engagement Group, Special Operations Command in Europe.
The ILA handles Military Cargo at many its ports throughout the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast region, providing thousands of job opportunities for its rank-and-file members. ILA President Daggett recognizes the importance of this position and is confident that Gen. Gilliam is the right man for the position.
The ILA’s Military Consultant is responsible for completion of certain tasks relating to the handling of military cargo. Gen. Gilliam will educate military and commercial representatives on the benefits of using ILA-represented labor. He will monitor and participate in all pre-proposal conferences on new military contracts for stevedoring and related terminal services at strategies seaports located on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts and act as a liaison for the ILA in the bidding process for handling military cargo.
Gen. Gilliam holds a number of advanced degrees including a Masters of Science in Strategic Studies in 2011; a Masters of Science in Strategic Studies from the Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Masters of Science in Human Resources Management from the University of Charleston; and had received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government and History from Morehead State University.
Gen. Gilliam resides in Fayetteville, North Carolina with his wife of 33 years, Andrea Fannin Gilliam. They have one daughter, Bailey.
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So awesome, what a President!