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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Port of NY/NJ
Port Newark Container Terminal
THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S ASSOCIATION LOCAL 1804-1
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR AT PNCT
RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY TAKES PLACE AS STATE-OF-THE-ART STRADDLE AND TERMINAL MAINTENANCE SHOP IS OFFICIALLY OPEN AT PORT NEWARK CONTAINER TERMINAL
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Best local of the wooooooooorld!!!
Great event!
Congratulations! need you in Philly to straightened some shit out💪
Love it!!!! ILA All The Way
Congratulations. Blessings for ILA
1804-1. Best lashers in the world.
Congratulations!
Brian Hall
Congratulations
Port of NY/NJ
Port Newark Container Terminal
RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY TAKES PLACE AS STATE-OF-THE-ART STRADDLE AND TERMINAL MAINTENANCE SHOP IS OFFICIALLY OPEN AT PORT NEWARK CONTAINER TERMINAL
On April 29, 2026, PNCT President Jim Pelliccio welcomed ILA International President Harold J. Daggett, ILA International Executive Vice President/ILALocal 1804-1 President Dennis A. Daggett, Atlantic Coast District General Vice President/ILA Local 1804-1 Vice President John J. Daggett and Port Authority of NY/NJ Kevin J. O’Toole to a special ribbon cutting ceremony to open the brand new straddle and terminal maintenance shop.
This shop was specifically designed by our incredible ILA workforce as their valuable insight created an investment that will not only benefit our members at the pier but will also help the environment.
This collaboration proves what’s possible when labor and management work together with mutual respect and shared goals. The future of the ILA and PNCT looks bright!
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“Great to see this investment- credit to the ILA workforce that helped make it happen.” ILA STRONG 💪🏻
A stronger future is ahead!
Heck yeah ,, growth is the most beautiful thing to watch .. congratulations gentlemen .. ILA ALL THE WAY
Blessings!! United impossible to Fail !!
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It’s really great to see management and labor working together. The unity between International Longshoremen’s Association and Port Newark Container Terminal shows what teamwork and mutual respect looks like and what it can accomplish 🇺🇸💪 # Harold Daggett Dennis A. Daggett JohnDaggett
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Handsome on top of there game ILA
Port of NY/NJ
NYSA/ILA 2026 WORKER’S MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE
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STELLA MARIS CHAPEL
NEWARK, NJ
On April 28, 2026 we honored and remembered our ILA sisters and brothers who have been killed or injured in workplace related accidents this year.
A special mass was held on this Worker’s Memorial Day at Stella Maris Chapel in Newark, NJ.
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May God Bless All ILA Members And Their Families!!
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Wow🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
The Special Mass was a blessing, Father John. Thank you for your tireless service to the community. You truly are a guiding light! 🌟
Great turnout!!
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#UnionStrong #ILAStrong
God bless! 🙏🏻❤️
🙏 God bless !
Port of Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
ILA Local 269
National Day of Mourning
ILA Worker’s Memorial Day Observance
April 28, 2026 is the ILA Worker’s Memorial Day Observance. Please take a few moments to remember your ILA Local 269 Brothers out of the Port of Halifax who went to work one morning and didn’t return home. 🙏🙏🙏
Rest Easy ILA Brothers:
Herb Gavin
Harry Sampson
James “Jimmy” Casey
Dick Howard
Tommy Raymond
Kenny Messervey
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Safety is up to all of us look out for your brother and sister so we can all go home to our families.
Rest Easy Brothers
Rest easy job well done
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Port of NY/NJ
November, 1934
ILA ENDURES GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939, marked by the 1929 stock market crash, widespread bank failures, and a peak unemployment rate of 25% across the United States.
The Great Depression was caused by factors like overproduction, consumer debt, and reckless stock market expansion. It led to drastic drops in industrial output, trade, and prices, ultimately requiring the manufacturing boom of World War II to fully end the crisis.
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In photograph, from the National Archives, unemployed ILA members sit at the New York City docks during the Great Depression in November of 1934.
The 1930’s economic crises hit port cities especially hard, particularly those that were heavily dependent on international trade.
This resulted in major social and economic reforms taking place under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal proposals.
Ultimately, the International Longshoremen’s Association would recover as thousands of ILA workers would eventually return to work on the waterfront to provide for their families.
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PORT OF NY/NJ
PORT HOUSTON, TX
APRIL 26, 1956
THE DAWN OF CONTAINERIZATION TOOK PLACE 70 YEARS AGO ON APRIL 26, 1956 AND IT CHANGED OUR INDUSTRY FOREVER
As container shipping turns 70 years old, we look back on how American trucker Malcolm McLean converted a World War II tanker (the SS Ideal X) into a vessel carrying 58 containers from Port Newark, NJ to Port Houston, TX. This replaced the traditional breakbulk services.
Containerization is born and has been used ever since!
The standardized steel containers he developed were stackable and theft-proof, revolutionizing cargo transport by reducing costs and speeding up loading times. This innovation led to the modern container shipping industry and transformed global trade.
In photos, McLean overlooks port activities as his Ideal X moves along the open ocean with containers on board.
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EL DISEÑADOR DE LOS CONTENERS,REVOLUCIONO EL TRABAJO PORTUARIO.
The history of cibtainerization. Thank you Malcom MacLean .
Wow! They’ve come a long way! 😁😉💪💪
Amazing
Malcolm McLean was a truck driver.
Great man! Sea-Land 💪
Wow
Port of Boston
ILA members at the Port of Boston attend the Teamster’s Local 25 17th Annual Gala for Autism at Encore Casino in Boston, MA.
A great event to raise money for a great cause. Thank you to Teamsters Local 25 for hosting us and always being a true friend to the ILA.
Left to Right:
Rob Luzzo, Business Agent, ILA Local 1604
Tom Mari, President of Teamsters Local 25
Bernie O’Donnell, ILA International Vice President
Eugene Stancato, Vice President, ILA Local 800
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My Heros... 💚😎🐷
You can see their salaries on Unionfacts.com
Port of Savannah
The ILA awaits to unload cargo as a container ship arrives at the Port of Savannah…..at sunset….June 17, 2024.
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Bring’em in we gone send’em out #local1414 🫡😎
ILA
ESTABLISHED 1892
THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S ASSOCIATION REPRESENTS DOCKWORKERS AT PORTS FROM MAINE TO TEXAS, THE GREAT LAKES, PUERTO RICO, EASTERN CANADA AND THE BAHAMAS….
WE ARE THE ILA AND THE DOCKS ARE OURS!!
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Solidarité entre dockers ✊
Proud of my local 1303
Proud my Husband retired ILA.
USA 🇺🇸 proud and loud
Local1291 Phila.💪👍🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Local 333 Baltimore 🇺🇸 ✌️
Proud to be Union! 🇺🇸
LOCAL21/ 24
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1291🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Local#28 Pasadena, Texas.proud to be a part of our union🇱🇷
I.L.A. LOCAL 24 PASADENA TEXAS 💪🔥
Proud local 13 ILWU crane operator west coast union strong solidarity strong hats off to all unions
ILA all the way!!
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PORT OF AVILÉS, SPAIN
A MESSAGE FROM IDC LABOR COORDINATOR JORDI ARAGUNDE:
“Congratulations to the Sepra stewardesses….
There are moments that explain everything.
In the “work battles” and in life, it all boils down to instants in the end.
My union life feeds off of it.
Moments like yesterday early in the morning, when after so many hours of negotiations the “yes” arrived.
Or that hug in October with Dennis, when we knew the terms of the master contract were guaranteed, back to October 2024
Or Lisbon, a few months ago.
Because in the end, all the hours, all the work, all the wear and tear... sums it up in that instant. And that’s where it all makes sense.
Thank you, I mean it.
Thanks to Manu — you’re a fucking machine, kid. And one of the smartest people I’ve ever met, Pani — we owe you a lot, more than you surely think, Kaba — from minute one, when no one believed, you were there. And that’s not forgotten.
Miguel - the importance you have... “This is ganao, Miguel” 😂
And also Javi, Paco Valtu, the legend Rubio Casal, Nacho, Luismi, Jose, Josetxo, Guillermo... and all the people who, in one way or another, have made this step forward possible.
Because this goes in a team.
And without a team, this wouldn’t have happened.
Also to Dennis, who from the first moment said: “Jordi, we have to help”, and put everything he had: IDC, Andy, Max, Matt, Kenny, JD, Sergio, Juanpi, Cesar, Paul, Mau... and to eventual companions... and so many others.
Thank you for always being there. Always in good and always in bad.
Therefore, this is yours too.
Leaving for Canada shortly, but leaving with the satisfaction of a job well done.
Union power.
If we’re together, it’s impossible to fail.
I think Today is one of the bests days of my life!”
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Siempre GRANDE Jordi
ILA Strong 💪 ❤️
Solidarity never fails!!! 👏🏻✊🏻💪🏻❤️🙏🏻
Amazing work!
Go Union
Solidarity, Jordi ✊