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
The Dockworkers of the world are more solidified than at any other time in the history of maritime labor!
Our battle against automation continues!
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who is Richar Skew whoid Alex Talamge who is Wilbur Pud Nassey - history is the context for the here andnow
Kick automations ass!!
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1804-1!! ILA ALL THE WAY!! We are coming louder and stronger than before!! Let’s go! Global solidarity! 🙏🏻❤️💪🏻✊🏻
1351 Pasadena Texas
Well you have so many Longshoreman driving Teslas & othe electric vehicles. So counter conducive. We using Ai to generate photos, draft documents, etc. We are slowly contributing to the demise of the industry through patronizing the very beast.
WE ARE THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S ASSOCIATION
ESTABLISHED 1892
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Back then the work was hard but I sure slept well at night!💪👍👏🇺🇸
Ready for some productivity improvement ? or get out of the way. youtu.be/99sTFSYwNE0?si=fAGGs--YpaNwVZ9v
Port of NY/NJ
The incredible photographs continue to be sent to us from the Port of NY/NJ during calm before the storm as a Nor’Easter is expected to hit this weekend.
Thank you brother Ryan Novak, ILA Local 824 out of the West Side Piers, NYC for sharing!
Ryan
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Port of NY/NJ
THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM
As the Port of NY/NJ gets ready for the Nor’Easter this weekend we get to look at this incredible photograph that was shared to us by ILA Local 1804-1 member John Ribardo out of Port Liberty Container Terminal in Bayonne, NJ.
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Go Union
Port Miami
October 1967
ILA MEMBERS AT PORT MIAMI
Historical
Members of International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)unloading shipping containers at PortMiami during the fall of 1967.
Thank you to Port Miami for sharing this photograph with us.
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I came in 1978 I L A 1416 MIAMI
Use to hear the old timers with the Ila in jacksonville, talk about lykes line.
Se párese el barco q venia a PR traiga carros y vagones El Ditroi
My dad started back in’69. Did nothing but general cargo. In ‘75 he took his first double to drive a UTR. Called my mom to tell her.
THIS IS WHAT CONTAINER WORK LOOKED LIKE WHEN I BROKE IN .PHILADELPHIA 1977
Yep 2 high sometimes 3 high
Awesome work might be my daddy out there or granddaddy
I could have been in that photo.
My dad n uncle were longshoremen!!! Billy n Joe Fullam!!! GLOBAL BAYONNE NJ!!!
It didn't take them long to figure out that the ships gear, especially a swinging boom, wasn't going to cut it. I remember I had a Hell of a time trying to hit all four cones locks with a cockeyed container on a swinging boom. No thank you very much.
Port of NY/NJ
Last week, on September 18, 2026, ILA members gathered at Stella Maris Chapel at Port Newark to attend a Holy Mass & Blessing of the Port of New York and New Jersey.
God Bless you all Sisters and Brothers!!
God Bless the Ports we work at and God Bless the ILA!!
Thank you Sandra Vazquez,
ILA Local 1235, for sharing these photographs with us!
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THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S ASSOCIATION IS PROUD TO ATTEND BREAKBULK AMERICAS CONFERENCE
PORT HOUSTON, TX
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WORLD MARITIME DAY
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2026
On this World Maritime Day we reflect on this past week as we were honored to be marching with our dockworker sisters and brothers to the Port of Vancouver from around the world.
The International Longshoremen’s Association has created tremendous relationships within the maritime community and with labor leaders representing dockworkers all over the world.
These relationships have allowed us to work together and become united as one!
Union dockworkers around the world share a unique bond built on solidarity, respect, and a common understanding of the importance of their work. From port to port and country to country, dockworkers help keep global trade moving, while standing together to protect good jobs, fair wages, safe working conditions, and the dignity of working people.
Strong relationships between maritime unions across the world allow dockworkers to support one another, share knowledge and experiences, and remain united when challenges arise. When dockworkers stand together across borders, their solidarity strengthens not only their unions, but the entire working class.
In photographs are labor leaders from unions near and far:
-Jake Field, Maritime Union of Australia, National Secretary
-Warren Smith, Maritime Union of Australia, Deputy National Secretary
-Will Tracey, Maritime Union of Australia, Western Australia Branch Secretary
-Carl Findlay, Maritime Union of New Zealand, National Secretary
-James Roscoe, International Longshoremen’s Association, Secretary, ILA Local 1526, Fort Lauderdale, FL
-Enrico Tortolano, International Transport Federation, Dockers Section
-Tom Doran, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada, President
-Ed Ferris, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, San Francisco, CA, International Secretary Treasurer
The International Dockworkers Movement has never been stronger in the history of the maritime industry than right now!!
**WORLDWIDE SOLIDARITY**
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Keep fighting the fight đź’Şđź‘Šđź‘Š
Port Houston
BREAK BULK AMERICAS 2026
The International Longshoremen’s Association was well represented at this year’s Break Bulk Conference at the George Brown R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX
Breakbulk Americas is the largest event for the project cargo and breakbulk shipping industry in the Americas, which took place in Houston, Texas, on September 22–23, 2026
Photo Credit
Lorena Aluiso
Thank you for sharing!!
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