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 Charleston
Please join us in congratulating Avery Campbell as she was sworn into ILA Local 1771 Clerks and Checkers last night at the Port of Charleston.
Sister Avery is surrounded by ILA Local 1771 family members Reed Campbell, Robbie Campbell, Randy Campbell, Vice President and Raymond Campbell, retired.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
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Thank you all for the kind words of encouragement. I am very grateful and proud to be a 4th generation member of I.L.A. Local 1771. I look forward to many upcoming years with this great Union!! Thank you all again!!!
Congrats Randy Campbell, I remember when your kids were knee-high to a grasshopper!
Yayyyyyyy Avery Campbell 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼🩵🩵🩵
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Congratulations Avery!
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Congratulations Avery!! 🚢
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So proud of my girl!! ❤️
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3 generations of ILA 1771 in that picture. Avery and Reed are the fourth generation. Thank you Kenny and God bless the ILA!!
Congratulations from ILA 1624 Clerks and Checkers Port of Virginia
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Port of Lake Charles, LA
The Port of Lake Charles has proven itself to be a strategic energy port of national importance. The Port of Lake Charles is the 10th-largest port in the United States and its ship channel handles about 335 LNG vessels a year.
In 2023 — the latest year for which the Army Corp of Engineers has published ranking information — the port carried more than 64 million tons of cargo.
The port is also at the center of the U.S. pipeline infrastructure and on the Colonial Pipeline serving the northeast U.S.
The Port of Lake Charles also supports the export and domestic prices of 200 independent rice farmers allowing their products to be sent to Mexico and South America and has created 14,989 direct jobs with an average salary of $115,208 — the average annual earnings in Louisiana is $55,130.
The port has brought $42.7 billion in economic value to the state and $83.4 billion to the nation’s economy.
The International Longshoremen’s Association at the Port of Lake Charles:
ILA Local 1998, Clerks and Checkers, President Lash Chretian, Jr.
ILA Local 2047, Deep Sea Longshoremen, President Gerald Lewis
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Port of NY/NJ
MAHER TERMINALS
PORT ELIZABETH, NJ
FROM THE SHIP, RIGHT INTO THE WATER….ILA MOVING THE WORLD’S COMMERCE….NON-STOP….24/7
Photo Credit:
Steven Cooke
ILA Local 1804-1
Thank You!!
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Always tie the slings to the boat! - Mike Maher
where is all the overtime hours counted in with our annunity at intergrated container ? 1804-1
Very cool, the work never stops! 💪
Awesome job, ILA moving the world's commerce!!! 💼 is removed and replaced with Awesome job, the work is non stop!!✊
Ila1807 in MHC NC had them last week
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Go Union
Port of Charleston
ILA MEMBERS HELP INCREASE CONTAINER MOVES AT THE PORT OF CHARLESTON AS IT SEES A 3% INCREASE COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR
CHARLESTON PORT UPDATE:
South Carolina Ports continues to show strong performance with 2.6 million TEUs handled this year—a 3% increase year-over-year!
These numbers reflect the region’s growing importance in global trade.
The Port of Charleston facilities span three municipalities—Charleston, North Charleston, and Mount Pleasant—with six public terminals owned and operated by the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA). These facilities handle containers, motor vehicles and other rolling stock, non-containerized goods and project cargo, as well as Charleston’s cruise ship operation. Additional facilities in the port are privately owned and operated, handling bulk commodities like petroleum, coal and steel.
The International Longshoremen’s Association at the Port of Charleston:
ILA Local 1422, Deep Sea Longshoremen, President Kenny Riley
ILA Local 1422A, Maintenance and Repair, President Leonard Bailey
ILA Local 1771, Clerks and Checkers, President Lance McLaughlin
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1422 stand up !!
Way to go⚓️⛴️
SC got the juice ‼️
Are they all operated by ILA labor? I know we had tough talks down there. I remember years ago when Del Monte went from ILA labor to a pier right next to it that wasn’t union in Philly and by HOLT. If I’m correct.
I carry the wando
HOW DO CARGO SHIPS MAKE MONEY?
An interesting video shared to us by Marine Insight
Thank you!
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Port Miami
Circa 1940’s
Longshoremen moving cargo before the days of containerization at Port Miami sometime during the late 1940’s
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That’s a fork lift in the background
Thats how I started ...heavy sacks every day ...loved longshoreing
I remember them days in the waterfront in Philadelphia !
LEADERSHIP THAT’S SECOND TO NONE…..
ILA INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT HAROLD J. DAGGETT
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Natural leader of men
What a great president great man ILA all the way 
The Man our Leader, my friend and Brother and a true Legend!! 👍🏻👍🏻
The best!! warrior
Greatest leader of all unions combined!
The BEST!!!!
The best
We have the best leadership in the world
Made Man
The one and only my friend Harold Daggett👏👏👏
Bravo. That is what we need!!! 👍
The Greatest Labor leader of all-time. Thank You Harold Daggett !!! God Bless the ILA 💪🇺🇲💪
Nous voudrions avoir une collaboration avec vous , nous syndicat des dockers et pointeur du Sénégal ( port de Dakar ) nous vous suivons a travers notre camarade Jordi Aragunde migues .
The Boss Man
Blessings!! GOAT 🐐
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Legend
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Great negociador ….🇺🇸✌️🍷🍷
Port of Boston
THE LONG, STORIED HISTORY OF LONGSHOREMEN AT THE PORT OF BOSTON
For decades, Boston wharves like Commonwealth Pier swarmed with longshoremen loading and unloading ships. They were hired by ship owners from “along the shore,” especially after the 1840s when sailing vessels whose large crews handled their own cargo gave way to steamships with smaller crews.
Cargoes ranged from bulk freight to passengers’ luggage. It was back-breaking, dangerous, dirty work. Longshoremen waited near the docks or in saloons used as hiring halls, never knowing when a ship might arrive or at which wharf.
Hired for one ship at a time, longshoremen had no guarantees of steady work and were often poor despite their key role in Boston’s economy. This led to the formation of the Boston Longshoreman’s Provident Union in 1847.
In 1892, history was made as the International Longshoremen’s Association was established and continues their work at the Port of Boston today.
By the 1970s, massive container ships were transporting most sea freight. Ship-to-shore cranes replaced workers on the docks and far fewer longshoremen were needed.
The International Longshoremen’s Association at the Port of Boston:
ILA Local 799, Charleston Longshoremen
ILA Local 800, South Boston Longshoremen
ILA Local 805, East Boston Longshoremen
ILA Local 1066, Clerks and Checkers
ILA Local 1604, Line Handlers
Let’s us never forget the sacrifices that the Longshoremen made to build our great union into what we have today!
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I started on the docks on the west side of Manhatten in 1951; by then, we had rubber on the handtruck wheels! 🥸
Amen 🙏
“Wooden Ships and Iron Men” indeed, their legacy lives on! 💪
My dad was a longshoreman! My husband and myself are retired longshoreman and our sons are now lingshoreman from Boston local 799 Charlestown
What a thankless back breaking job they had! And the wages were probably awful back then.😔
Let us always remember the sacrifices they made and strive to make a better future for all workers 🎯 Their sacrifices will never be forgotten!
LOl can we refer to this as"the good old days"? 🥸
Ah there’s the old hand trucks !!! Bet they oiled they up before ship boss said let’s got to work!’n
and it was this way into the 60 and 70's
Proud Retired LongShore(Women)..Daughter of a Retired Longshoremen ( Sleep on Dad)..PortMiami, Fa 1416 ⚓️⚓️✊🏾
42 years ILWU...
Port of NY/NJ
Port Liberty Container Terminal in Bayonne, NJ with the Freedom Tower across the river in NYC on this 24th Anniversary of 9/11
Video Credit:
Tayler Dillin
ILA Local 1588
Thank You!!
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Only one Construction Boom downtown looks like Depression time
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