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.
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Never forget the sacrifices ILA members made to build our great union into what it is today
Galveston, TX
93RD SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST DISTRICT CONVENTION, GALVESTON, TX
ILA International Executive Vice President Dennis A. Daggett speaks to a packed convention center filled with delegates, members and guests at the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District Conference in Galveston, TX
Daggett’s address to the delegation was filled with applause as he spoke about the October 2024 ILA Strike, Our ILA Family, the special bond between the ILA North and the ILA South, how we rebuilt our union through trust and solidarity and how we can accomplish anything as long as we remain united!!
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Int'l Longshoremen's ILA South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District
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Solidarity Forever!!
93RD SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST DISTRICT CONVENTION, GALVESTON, TX
ILA Chief of Staff James McNamara sings our National Anthem at the opening of the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District Convention in Galveston, TX
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Hello Jimmy
Galveston, TX
ILA CHIEF HAROLD J. DAGGETT SPEAKS AT THE 93RD SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST DISTRICT CONVENTION, GALVESTON, TX
ILA International President Harold J. Daggett addresses delegates, members and guests at SAGCD Convention in Galveston, TX.
Daggett spoke about the historic contract the ILA negotiated and signed in 2025. He honored the members who, through their blood, sweat and tears, built our great union into what we all have today.
Daggett also stressed the fact that we must continue to fight against automation in a worldwide fight against the shipping lines at every port around the globe.
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Galveston, TX
93RD ILA SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST DISTRICT CONVENTION
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Galveston, TX
93RD ILA SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST DISTRICT CONVENTION
ILA South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District President Alan Robb welcomes delegates, members and guests to day 1 of the SAGCD Convention in Galveston, TX
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Galveston, TX
ILA Delegates and Guests Treated To Spectacular Laser Light Show Over the Galveston Gulf Waters on Opening Night Kickoff to the 93rd South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District Convention.
Photo Credits:
Alexa Daggett
Thank You!!
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That’s so cool!!
Nice Laser show for opening night.
They should have done a laser light image of Harold Daggett
It was amazing
Yes sir that was very nice
Absolutely Beautiful
Real nice 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Super Amazing Drone Show! It was Spectacular!
It was beautiful brother. What an awesome show. I did a great job on this.👌
Galveston, TX
93rd Convention of the International Longshoremen’s Association South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District
We are the International Longshoremen’s Association
Established 1892
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Collective strength is the foundation of ILA's enduring legacy of solidarity and support among members since the beginning.
Bravo yes
💪💪💪 Solidarity brothers & sisters MUA Australia 🤙🤙
ILA - ALL THE WAY !!!! I Concur ! Solidarity Speaks Voluminously. !!
In Solidarity all the way .
Always with the best Union of Them all…ILA…🇺🇸🤘🍷🍷
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As we all stand in solidarity 💪🏻 lets not forget about the Hugh Leatherman Terminal that this leadership fought so hard to get as it sits empty.
Go Union
LOCAL#24 PORT OF HOUSTON
ILA forever 💯💯💯
ILA Forever
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A message from ILA Chief of Staff James McNamara:
Port City of Galveston Texas Preparing To Welcome ILA For
South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District’s 93rd Convention
GALVESTON, TX – (July 25, 2026) As delegates for the International Longshoremen’s Association’s South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District begin arriving today in the ILA Port City of Galveston, Texas, the Seawall along the Gulf Coast is becoming a “Sea of ILA signage” as ILA banners drape light post and the welcoming messages adorn the storefronts and Galveston Convention Center. That’s where hundreds of ILA delegates, family and guest will begin the District’s 93rd Convention and meet for the next four days.
International ILA President Harold J. Daggett will speak at the opening session on Monday, introduced by Convention Chair and South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District President Alan Robb, and a busy week of convention sessions, committee meetings and social activities will fill the days for both delegates and guests.
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Two new monster cranes in Gloucester city holts cargo systems non ILA there’s more work at that pier then on the whole Philadelphia ILA piers. I know the union and members let it go for two long. Holt is a two tear company in phila packer ave is ILA and Gloucester New Jersey is not.
Local 1291🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
We here!
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Enjoy be safe to all be interested to know what went on sure we will all.find out God bless all
A MESSAGE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL DOCKWORKERS COUNCIL
Watch this video.
Not one dockworker.
Not one crane driver.
Not one lashman.
Just machines.
Some call this progress. We call it a warning.
As Harold Daggettgett has said for years, if dockworking people don’t fight for their future, nobody else will. Every right we have was won because workers stood together.
Today, leaders like Dennis A. Daggett and Jordi Aragunde Miguens, with dockworkers and maritime unions around the world, are building something bigger than any one union or country: a global movement rooted in unity, solidarity, strategy and action.
This fight is not about resisting technology.
It is about defending people.
It is about making sure the men and women who built this industry are not discarded in the name of efficiency and profit.
Let’s be clear:
If we wait until the decisions are made, we’ve already lost.
If we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu.
Working people have spent too many decades being served up while others enjoy the feast.
So here’s the question for every dockworker, seafarer, maritime worker, transport union and family that depends on this industry:
How do we stop this together?
Share your ideas.
Challenge ours.
Organize.
Stand together.
And if you have doubts, step aside and don’t get in the way. This is the battle of our lives, and we must be worthy heirs to this profession.
Because they have technology.
We have people.
They have capital.
We have solidarity.
History has shown, again and again, that when workers stand together with courage, intelligence and determination, they become a force that cannot be ignored.
We will not stand by while our livelihoods disappear without a fight.
#Ifwearetogetheritsimpossibletofail.
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How are they lashing the ships with no men are they using the Tesla robots?
It’s called seniority!
We must stand together!!💪👊
Slower than snail shit
Keep this where it’s at
Miami 1922 ILA FOR EVER this job killing system has been creeping in from china and europe for years, shipping companies really want this it’s a shame we have to be smart and strong for our families the future of ILA
Humans over robots! ILA 1804-1
Damn right.... Harrold Daggett and Dennis A. Daggett for life💪🏾🙏🏽. I am proud to be a longshorewoman knowing that these two gentlemen are fighting on a daily basis to protect our Union
Booooo this job needs us humans and we need jobs
... There is power in the Union...
To the politicians who helped bring this to our ports, where are you going to get you're tax dollars from? For every 1 longshore job lost, many more jobs are lost out in the real world. Much more tax dollars lost. And to the companies who hire these shipping companies to deliver you're goods, who's going to buy you're products? In time it will effect everyone, its a domino effect. Automation just to save companies money is short term, but will hurt the economy long term. Folks we need to insist on people doing jobs starts at refusing self checkout, at the stores.
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Oh look! A quick 12 moves per hour.
Humans over Robots.Local#28
No robot should be on American docks.
Robots take jobs 🥴
we are doing 40 moves per hour average and turning work out so ships can get back to making money. This world's greed will catch up to it one day.
Go Union
Disgusting
Fu€k them robots
These multinationals with foreign interests cannot be subsidized by our tax dollars.Pensioners must decide between food and medicine,while pension funds are subsidizing robots.Together we shall change the narrative with leadership that doesn’t back down!
Where is this at?
Port of NY/NJ
A CRANE GROWS IN BROOKLYN
FIRST CRANE IN OVER 25 YEARS TO HIT THE BROOKLYN SHORES
ILA Local 1814
ILA Local 1
On Thursday, July 23, 2026, ILA Local 1814 & ILA Local 1 members tied up a vessel welcoming a new Super Post-Panamax Crane to Red Hook ContainerTerminal. This was the first new crane to hit the Brooklyn Shores in over 25 years.
It is also important to note that during the unloading and assembly of the crane, ILA members were operating both the Crawler Cranes as well as Self-Propelled Modular Transporters (SPMT) to assist in the terminal enhancements.
It doesn’t matter if it is new equipment or old equipment, the ILA is right there and ready to meet the challenge.
The International Longshoremen’s Association does not miss the call when its time to move our nation’s cargo, or to enhance our port facilities.
Thank you ILA Local 1814 Secretary Treasurer David Scala for contributing to this story.
Photo Credit: Salvatore Giuca, ILA Local 1814
Thank You!!
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Everyone’s doing a great job today! Longshoremen, Lashers and Checkers! Rain or shine, we get it done! ILA All the way! Local 1814 💪🏼⚓️🦅🇺🇸
What I love about hearing of the success of this place is it’s primarily operated by X and Y seniority ILA members. These men and women were mostly cruise terminal workers and when they took a devastating loss of work due to a ship transferring to another port. After staring at an uncertain future this opportunity came and with zero clue of how to do this work they just jumped at the opportunity to work. I’ve had them at my pier plenty of times and these are phenomenal workers. You give them direction they execute. No complaints. Whatever it takes to accomplish that task for the day. I miss having them but I’m proud of them for what they took on and accomplished and what they will accomplish in the future. Great Job Guys!!!!
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So happy for them let’s go redhook
ILA, ALL THE WAY - STRONG !!!
Nice work congrats
Well deserved! Congrats 🎉
I could of been the hatch boss over there lol 😂
Congratulations Nice work ❤️
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