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 Boston
ILA Boston Locals breaks ground at Flynn Cruiseport Boston for the 2025 Cruise Season Wrap Up and Modernization Project Celebration!
In photograph left to right:
Eugene Stancato, Local 800 Vice President
George McEvoy, ACD Vice President
Bernie O’Donnell, ILA International Vice President
John Sharkey, Local 1066 Business Agent
Rob Luzzo, Local 1604 Business Agent
Bobby Hickey, Local 799 Business Agent
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THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S ASSOCIATION
MOVING THE WORLD’S CARGO SINCE 1892
For more than 133 years, Longshoremen have worked in well-organized gangs to move cargo on and off ships efficiently.
Shifts often lasted 20 to 30 hours and could begin and end at any time with short breaks only for meals. Longshoremen worked under unrelenting pressure that “the ship must sail on time.”
In photograph, ILA members load barrels of corn syrup onto a barge on the Hudson River in New York City during the year 1912.
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The gear they are using were called chimes!
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Back then no one wore hard hat or safety vests. Just good boots and strong backs.
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Thank you Grandaddy ❤️💪🏾
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AMEN NOW IF ONLY ALL ILA ILWU IDC STAND UNITED STRONG IN SOLIDARITY UNITY PRIDE DIGNTY "MANAGEMENT CAN'T STOP US" PRESIDENT HAROLD DAGGETT SAID DON'T FUCK WIT US TIME TO PUT UP OR SHUT THE FUCK UP. WE EITHER STAND UNITED OR EVERYTHING THAT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS FOUGHT FOR MEANS NOTHING
Port of New Orleans
STATE OF THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS
Strong momentum. Strategic investment. Statewide impact.
At this year’s State of the Port, a new Economic Impact Report was revealed that showed the Port of New Orleans supported $101.5B in U.S. economic value and 342,000+ jobs nationally—including 122,386 jobs in Louisiana.
Louisiana’s gateway is growing, unifying, and shaping the future of global trade.
The International Longshoremen’s Association at the Port of New Orleans:
ILA Local 1497 Clerks and Checkers
President Mike Hoelzel
ILA Local 3000 Longshoremen
President Henry Glover
ILA Local 2036
President Blaine Ehrlich
Maintenance and Repair
Learn more in the full report below:
www.portnolaimpact.com/
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Port of NY/NJ
ILA EDUCATION AND TRAINING TAKES PLACE AT RED HOOK TERMINAL IN BROOKLYN, NY
Yesterday, the first large group of ILA members in the Port of NY&NJ received their certification for passing the Self Propelled Modular Transporter (SPMT) training course by Sarens.
We would like to thank the Shipping Association of New York & New Jersey, and Red Hook Container Terminal for all their continued support for the members of the ILA and to acknowledge everyone’s hardwork to help achieve this accomplishment.
The International Longshoremen’s Association has proven once again that no challenge is too difficult. We are a highly skilled labor force that is capable of handling any type of cargo that enters our shores. The ILA has adapted to every new piece of equipment that has been utilized in the shipping industry. This is no different. There is no labor force in the world more capable of handling cargo than the ILA.
Real faces, real people, working for their future.
Thank you Dave Scala, ILA Local 1814 Secretary Treasurer.
#PeopleoverProfit #ILA
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Well done team , education is power, stronger together, munz New Zealand port of tauranga
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STAND UNITED STRONG IN SOLIDARITY UNITY DIGNITY PRIDE RESPECT "DON'T FUCK WIT US" YA HEARD
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Congratulations! You're rolling with the big boys now with that SPMT certification!
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Port of NY/NJ ILA EDUCATION AND TRAINING TAKES PLACE AT RED HOOK TERMINAL IN BROOKLYN, NY Yesterday, the first large group of ILA members in the Port of NY&NJ received their certification for passing the Self Propelled Modular Transporter (SPMT) training course by Sarens. “The beginning of the end” Self propelled…… 👀🤷🏾♂️
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Hopefully they do a better job, because the last 30 years they been just a lazy f…k 🖕🏻
Port of NY/NJ
THE WATERFRONT RAILROADS OF NEW YORK HARBOR
Circa 1960’s
Photo Credit:
Robert J. Yanosey
Thank You!
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Port Miami
Circa 1950’s
THE ILA HAS A LONG HISTORY IN SOUTH FLORIDA AT PORT MIAMI
Longshoremen unload ships at Port Miami sometime during the 1950’s.
The work ILA members do is vital for the city of Miami’s economy as they keep cargo moving 24/7.
ILA Local 1416 at Port Miami was granted their charter in 1936.
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I was working there as a stevedore supt. at Pier 3 in 1965.
Check those old hatchcovers out. They had to remove each one and then lift the metal beams out before you could unload below deck. A lot of restaurants in the 70's would buy those hatchcovers to use as resin tables in many older seafood restaurants. Priceless photo.
one of the best stevedores back in the day!!! Remember working with u, glad ur still around.
Shaw Bros. Shipping Co.
San Antonio, TX
SAVE THE DATE!!
ILA SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE
JANUARY 11-15
SAN ANTÓNIO, TX
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Booked baby
I’ll be there in my Michael Jackson voice!
Lisbon, Portugal
11/09/2025
DR. COREY ROBICHEAUX OUT OF ILA LOCAL 1351, PORT HOUSTON, TEXAS SHARES HIS THOUGHTS WITH US ABOUT THE ANTI-AUTOMATION CONFERENCE IN LISBON, PORTUGAL
As vice president of ILA Local 1351, Corey fights on behalf of clerks & checkers from the Port of Houston on a daily basis.
This was also a full circle moment for Corey as he recently became a Doctor of Education focusing on Organizational Leadership. His research at Spalding University uncovered an ever existant human impact to automation as concluded in his defense, titled “Staying Afloat: Perspectives on the Well-Being of Elected Maritime Union Leaders.”
“Automation is a current and serious threat, and the time is now to band together, strategize, and move forward in harmony as a globally connected industry. Beyond the economic impacts lies a tangible human impact intertwined in the mental health and wellbeing of leaders facing this battle. With the direction of fearless leaders like our ILA President Harold Daggett, we are actively overcoming the battles at hand!”, said Dr. Corey Robicheaux.
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Heavy on the Dr.!
Thank you Vice President
ILA/IDC NEWSLETTER #20
NOVEMBER 2025
This special edition of the ILA/IDC Newsletter will be exclusively dedicated to the “People Over Profit: Anti-Automation Conference” that took place in Lisbon, Portugal on November 5-6, 2025.
There were nearly 1,000 delegates and labor leaders in attendance at this historical summit.
Please take a moment to read and scroll through the screenshots to take a look back at dockworkers as they came together from all around the world to fight against automation.
ILA Local President’s, Delegates and Members:
Please distribute throughout your membership at your respective ports.
Thank you.
Thank you Dani Molero, IDC out of Barcelona, Spain, for all your help and assistance in composing this newsletter.
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