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 Savannah
ILA LOCALS AT THE PORT OF SAVANNAH COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
At the Port of Savannah, ILA Locals 1414 and 1475 have come together to support Breast Cancer Awareness.
On October 20, 2026, the locals will host an event for breast cancer survivors, members, family and friends to participate in the event. ILA Local 1414 President Paul Mosley and ILA Local 1475 President Josh Thomas along with the membership have done an outstanding job supporting the fight against Breast Cancer. Special thanks to Sheba McPherson (1475) and Shaniqua McIver (1414) for working together to make this event possible.
There is nothing greater than when ILA Locals support each other, showing our solidarity in this great industry.
Thank you to ILA Local Recording Secretary Brandon Baxter for contributing to this story.
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OCTOBER…BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
This annual campaign is to raise awareness into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure.
“Our MILA health plan is one of the best in the country. Use it to your advantage and get your checkup”……remarked ILA President Harold J. Daggett
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Thank god for our health insurance. My wife is a breast cancer survivor. And can’t imagine what we would have done without our insurance.
Love it!
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Port of Baltimore
ILA AT THE PORT OF BALTIMORE TURNS OUT STRONG AUGUST, 2026;
Ro/Ro autos, farm and construction machinery and Breakbulk are all up.
Containers have fourth best month ever recorded.
A message sent to us from the Port of Baltimore:
A very strong August, 2026, for the Port of Baltimore. Autos were up 27 percent compared to August 2025, roll on/roll off farm and construction machinery is currently up 29 percent for the year, breakbulk project cargo is currently up 19 percent, and containers had their fourth-best month ever and are trending close to our 2025 record year. Looking forward to continuing the momentum into the fourth quarter!
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Looking good 😎
THE DOCKS ARE OURS…..AND THEY WILL ALWAYS BE OURS
We are the International Longshoremen’s Association
Established 1892
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Let’s keep it that way.
God bless the ILA 1804-1
I .L. A all the way. # 1566
I disagree The docks are ours, local 1556 nyc dock builders
ILA Local 1 God Bless Amen Amen Amen
Yes Local #1423
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Fuck Yeah!!!
ILA 1233 in the house
Fact !!
Agreed
ILA LOCAL#28 I am proud member of our Hall
FOR LIFE, MY HEARTBEAT!!!!!!
ILA 1413 THAT'S RIGHT!!!!
And the Leatherman Terminal has now been closed 2 months.
Port of NY/NJ
May 27, 1957
PAY DAY ON THE WATERFRONT
ILA members wait on line to receive their paychecks after a week of backbreaking work on the West Side Piers in New York City in May of 1957.
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ILA ALL THE WAY...
THE SHAPE UP
Where are the hooks ??? Lmao. I still have mine from father. You need a hook in those days for some cargo and especially the hatchcovers .
That must be the Grace Line. They were the only ones paying by check in 1957.
Just look at these guys. It brings back memories. My father was a Longshore man for 50 years. Great photo.
Also rubber and coffee bags.
Go Union
Port Houston
A CELEBRATION OF THE HISTORIC HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL EXPANSION
PROJECT 11
A MESSAGE FROM ILA LOCAL 24 PRESIDENT GABRIEL GARZA:
“Good Afternoon Everyone:
The Port of Houston is inviting the ILA to celebrate with them.
There will be a celebration of the Historic Houston Ship Channel Expansion - Project 11
Project 11 is the deepening and widening of our ship channel.
This will allow for bigger ships to enter the port in the future.
If you would like to join us in this celebration, please call the hall and add your name to the guest list.
This is limited to 50 members out of ILA Local 24.
The event will be next week on 10/8/2026 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.
I hope to see you there.”
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ILA
ESTABLISHED 1892
We are the International Longshoremen’s Association and we will not back down or succumb to automation!
UNITED WE STAND!!
WORLDWIDE SOLIDARITY!!
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Port of NY/NJ
October 1, 2024
ILA MEMBERS STRIKE TAKES PLACE AT PORTS FROM MAINE TO TEXAS
As the sun began to rise on October 1, 2026 at APM Terminals, Port Elizabeth, NJ, ILA members from different locals began to arrive early in the morning to stand together united as one in the first coast wide strike of dockworkers from Maine to Texas since 1977.
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コンテナターミナルがストライキでクローズになると 外来のトレーラードライバーはストライキが、終わり コンテナターミナルがオープンすると外来トレーラーの、ドライバーはかなり忙しくなり寝る時間が、なくなる。 早くストライキ解除を願うだろう。
Protect American jobs and American sovereignty by supporting the international Longshoremen
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So they striking again?
automate the ports already
They should fire everyone at the port, full automation!!!! Look how long it takes to enter the port!!! The union workers and the union need to be thrown in the trash!!! Holding up progress
APM is nothing but greedy, money hungry you know whats.
Port of NY/NJ
ILA STRIKE
OCTOBER 1, 2, 3, 2024
ILA EXE VP/LOCAL 1804-1 PRES DENNIS A. DAGGETT GIVES POWERFUL SPEECH AT PORT NEWARK CONTAINER TERMINAL DURING ILA STRIKE, OCTOBER 2024
In a photograph that has become one of the most defining moments of the International Longshoremen’s Association strike in early October 2024, ILA International Executive Vice President Dennis A. Daggett raises his fist as he leads the members of the ILA Locals out of the Port of NY/NJ in solidarity.
Daggett played a major part of the negotiations in leading the ILA membership to a contract that will go down as the greatest ever seen in the history of organized labor.
We are the International Longshoremen’s Association
Established 1892
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Port of Boston
ILA STRIKE 2024
ILA members out of the Port of Boston celebrating as our union was victorious in securing a six year contract with 62% raise and protections against automation.
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Congratulations Thank You for protecting American sovereignty and American Jobs
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Go Union
Union crybabies