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
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Never forget the sacrifices ILA members made to build our great union into what it is today
Port Houston
ILA LOCAL 24
September 2024
ILA Local 24 President Gabriel Garza welcomes a full house as members come together for their monthly union meeting at their hall of labor in Pasadena, TX in September 2024.
UNION!!
POWER!!
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Port of NY/NJ
PORT LIBERTY CONTAINER TERMINAL
BAYONNE, NJ
Magnificent photograph of Port Liberty Container Terminal shared to us by ILA Local 1804-1 member Johnny Ribardo.
Thank You!!
Have a great night ILA Sisters and Brothers!!
May God Bless all of you and your families!!
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Port of Saint John
New Brunswick
Canada
Last week ILA Labor including linesmen, foremen, crane operators, hatchtenders hold men, slingers, shipliners GMR zoom boom operators, checkers began discharging project cargo for the Irving Pulp and Paper Mill expansion.
This job was not done without some controversy with management over who was going to operate the ships cranes for the discharging of some of the pieces. The resolution was that the company recognized that the work is within the jurisdiction of ILA Local 273, not foreign crew members who would be told to operate the cranes or face discipline, and even be fired by their bosses.
Congratulations to all who worked that vessel today for the pride and determination they showed to meet the expectations that were expected of them. As anyone can see longshoring is a very dangerous occupation. The most important thing is that everyone who worked this ship went home to their families safely.
Thank you ILA Local 273 President Terry Wilson for sharing this story to us.
International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 273 is a historic maritime labor union representing longshore professionals at Port Saint John in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Please take a moment to scroll through the incredible photographs of ILA members working on the docks at Port Saint John.
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Nothing better than being a longshoreman for life. Gotta like the maritimes especially for the respect and welcoming with all the crews...👌
Solidarity brothers and sisters. Great work as always.
Good goin. Longshore work ... Is Longshore work Great Job
yes sir good job ILA 1842 Toronto Here
How I remember these days doing this type of work in the city docks.
Port of Galveston
The Great Depression
March 14, 1938
ILA KEPT AMERICA MOVING DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
ILA members load and handle goods at the Imperial Sugar Company’s loading dock on the Galveston Wharf in Galveston, Texas. Industrial labor and maritime commerce on the U.S. Gulf Coast, during the late Great Depression era, played a crucial role in transporting agricultural and industrial products as ILA members moved cargo at the port of Galveston and other ports up and down the east and gulf coasts.
Sugar refining and shipping were central to the regional economy, and dockworkers formed the backbone of American port infrastructure in the 1930s to keep America’s economy moving during the Great Depression.
We are the International Longshoremen’s Association
Established 1892
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Newark, NJ
NY DISTRICT COUNCIL
ILA International President Harold J. Daggett speaks at the New York District Council Luncheon at Forno’s Restaurant in Newark, NJ
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Yes help us too as retirees
God bless collective bargaining
Go Union
Retired members should get a much needed Cost of leaving adjustment (cola) just to keep up with inflation. We were once you guys and someday you will be us.
Go union retirees need a pay raise please in 22 years never got one
Port of Boston
November 1958
Longshoremen handling bagged cocoa beans at the Port of Boston during the fall of 1958.
Bags were hoisted from the ship, rolled into a warehouse and stacked by hand using a cargo hook.
The back breaking labor ILA members had to endure before containerization is absolutely remarkable.
Let us all never forget where we came from and all the sacrifices ILA members made to build our union into what we have today.
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I did it with coffee hooks. But it was mostly coffee bags. Grace Line, Moore Mac, Belgian line. on the west side piers in NY.
A lot of great memories with those pictures started in the early 70’s working for my uncle Leo’s gang💯
Best years of my life throwing cocoa bean bags in the Port of Philadelphia. Nobody broke their backs. 8am to 5pm out to eat 12 to 1pm. Monday to Friday. We were happy. Now a days working day and night, weekends, holidays to buy expensive stuff, less freedom.
Cocoa beans , Dried Copra shell. Grain seed. Etc . i am from this time. , Lucky i was fit. ,, It was put on Hand Trucks the guys put 4/5 bags to truck.. into the shed.6men on hand trucks .. Then they introduced Forklifts . which carrie the whole sling from the gangway into the shed 6 men lost their job.
We did the same thing in Baltimore 100lb bags of coconut shell charcoal and sugar 16 in a sling from 8am to 12pm
Those were the days on them ships for days 100,000 bags coco beans my partner was the best on them slings
Braga
Palanquée de sacs de café où cacao au treuil de bord trillage à terre ma jeunesse docker en 1973 à Marseille
The memories are flooding back
Much respect for the ones that paved the way.
ONE OF THE HERDEST JOBS IN PORT OF PHILLY OR ANYWHERE LOSE COCO BEANS.
I was born in November 1958! IM INDEBTED TO THESE LONGSHOREMEN! THANK YOU
Jo Jo gang 1000 bags on hour from the hatch to the second floor of the warehouse ready to get back piled great work longshoreman
#solidarity
Back still hurts.
Maplewood, NJ
Maplewood Country Club
ILA LOCAL 1804-1 & METRO MARINE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION SPONSOR THE
28TH ANNUAL HARRY CASHIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP OUTING
ILA Local 1804-1 Secretary Treasurer Michael Vigneron welcomes members, delegates, guests and management to the 28th Annual Harry Cashin Memorial Golf Outing benefitting the education of children in the New York/New Jersey community and surrounding areas.
ILA Local 1804-1 and METRO are proud to come together on an annual basis to award scholarships to deserving students who are attending college in the fall.
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Thank you all for keeping 🙏 his memory alive.
Great day!!
Port of NY/NJ
NFL SUNDAY 2026
As we look forward to another NFL season let us honor our own as former football players Jesse Miller and Ireland Brown turn the page on their college and pro careers and became proud members of the International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1804-1 out of the Port of NY/NJ.
Jesse Miller played for Michigan State and was in camp with the New York Giants. He now works at APM Terminals in the kitchen as a TIR inspector.
Ireland Brown first attended
Boston College and then transferred to Rutgers University. He was then given a tryout with the Miami Dolphins. He now works at APM as a mechanic in the RTG shop.
CONGRATULATIONS GENTLEMEN!!
**ILA PROUD**
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I’m not me without my big brother Mark Miller “Never forget the debt you owe to those who came before you.” - Colin Powell
Two of the best!!
💪🏾
Awesome guys
Two great dudes right there!!
Unos crack! 💪🏻
Alright Jesse! Go Big Blue!
JESSIEEE!!!!
Portland, ME
Portland, ME
THE ILA NEW ENGLAND DOCK AND MARINE COUNCIL
The New England Dock and Marine Council led by ILA International Vice President Bernie O’Donnell had a successful quarterly meeting at DiMillo’s in Portland, ME.
Congratulations ILA Brothers!!
Photo Credit:
Eugene Stancato
ILA Local 800 Vice President
Thank You!!
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Congratulations. Whose yacht is that? Congratulations on that as well
Port of Baltimore
Longshoremen working at the Port of Baltimore sometime during the turn of the century during the early 1900’s.
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