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.
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Never forget the sacrifices ILA members made to build our great union into what it is today
United States Department of Transportation commits $774m to upgrade port infrastructure nationwide
The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced a $774m investment into US port infrastructure.
A total of 37 projects will receive funding under MARAD’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). The awards are intended to improve capacity expansion, operational efficiency, and supply chain resilience in coastal seaports, Great Lakes ports, and inland river ports.
Funds are directed towards expanding rail tunnels to boost capacity, upgrading screening technology to reinforce national security, building adaptable two-tier docks to support all-weather operations, and constructing a brand-new cargo terminal.
The following ILA port cities will be receiving funding:
*Port Houston, TX ($48M): Build a new container yard and exit gate at the Bayport Container Terminal.
*Port of Beaumont, TX ($37.8M): Add over 13,000 linear feet of rail track and upgrade utilities.
*Port Canaveral, FL ($20.21M): Upgrade North Cargo Berths 1 and 2 for tanker vessels.
*Great Lakes: Ongoing investments for ports including Duluth, Toledo, Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Chicago.
*Other Projects: Key investments in the Port of Baltimore, Port of Richmond, Port of Tampa, and Port of Gulfport
The United States has more than 300 ports operated by states, counties, municipalities, and private corporations.
In photograph:
Port Houston, TX
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Port of Boston
ILA MAINTENANCE & REPAIR
Container Repair Foreman Colin Bromley (Local 800) welding an Evergreen corner fitting at Conley Terminal on this beautiful day at the Port of Boston.
Photo Credit
Eugene Stancato, Vice President
ILA Local 800
Thank You!
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That's exactly how that ladder was meant to be used 🤣
I remember pleny
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Port of Baltimore
May 1, 2026
ILA IS WELL REPRESENTED AS INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT SCOTT COWAN ATTENDS GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY AT SPARROWS POINT CONTAINER TERMINAL AT THE PORT OF BALTIMORE
Tradepoint Atlantic and Terminal Investment Limited (TIL) broke ground on the Sparrows Point Container Terminal, a 168-acre container terminal and on-dock rail facility at Coke Point.
The groundbreaking marks a historic milestone in the privately financed redevelopment of the former Bethlehem Steel site and represents the next major phase in Tradepoint Atlantic’s mission to establish Sparrows Point as one of the most strategic and essential logistics hubs on the East Coast.
The new terminal, developed in partnership with TIL, will dramatically expand the mid-Atlantic area of Baltimore’s capacity to handle container cargo, strengthening its competitive and strategic position on the East Coast and unlocking long-term economic opportunity for Maryland’s businesses and communities. Leveraging the power of double-stacking rail cars now, the terminal’s on-dock rail facility will provide direct intermodal connectivity, offering shippers faster, more efficient access to markets across the region and beyond.
The Port of Baltimore and surrounding communities have built their livelihoods on the strength of this port, and today’s groundbreaking ensures that strength will only grow,” said Scott Cowan, ILA International Vice President/President, ILA Local 333. “The Sparrows Point Container Terminal means more jobs, more cargo, and more opportunity for our members. We are proud to support this investment and look forward to the work ahead.”
About Terminal Investment Limited:
TIL is a global container terminal operator managing a portfolio of 108 terminals globally including terminals in Newark, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Port Everglades, Houston, New Orleans and Seattle.
For more information visit:
www.tilgroup.com.
In photos:
ILA International Vice President/ILA Local 333 President Scott Cowan with Kerry Doyle, managing partner, Tradepoint Atlantic and Jonathan Daniels, Port Director.
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Outstanding Vice President Scott Cowan. ILA Strong!!!
Tampa, FL
ILA SOUTHEASTERN DOCK AND MARINE COUNCIL MEETINGS
MARRIOTT WESTSHORE TAMPA HOTEL
TAMPA, FL
MAY 2-4, 2026
The International Longshoremen’s Association Southeastern Dock and Marine Council meetings are underway at the Marriott Westshore Tampa Hotel in Tampa, FL.
ILA delegates and members gathered for these important meetings to share updates from their home ports, strengthen solidarity, and take valuable information back to their locals.
Photo Credits:
Darryl Alston, ILA Local 1408, Jacksonville, FL
Thank You!!
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I know that head anywhere Ken Riley my president 1422 Port of Charleston
Local 1422
Representatives of 1416.
1416 💪🏾
👏👏👏👏👏👏
Good job 1922!!!
Local 1414 💪🏾⚓️💅🏾
Port Houston, TX
The International Longshoremen Association is well represented by the women and men working on the waterfront at Port Houston in the great state of Texas.
Have a blessed Sunday ILA sisters and brothers!!
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Salute ILA Texas
When are you guys hiring again for Texas
💪💪💯
Local 24 is number 1👍🏿
Get ya rest Donald
Hard Hitters
Port of NY/NJ
Please join us in congratulating ILA Local 1804-1 member Bob Weir as he has announced his retirement from APM Terminals at Port Elizabeth, NJ.
CONGRATULATIONS BOBBY!!
ILA FOREVER!!
Please read the message below as Bob Weir reflects on his career and retirement:
“47 years in the ILA 1804-1, met a lot of good friends along the way… I can’t thank everyone enough for the great times and hard work we shared. Thank you to Harold Daggett and Dennis A. Daggett for their extraordinary leadership, fantastic contract they negotiated and the awesome retirement window that I’m so grateful to be taking. Thanks to all the officers of 1804-1 for their hard work and dedication. A special thanks to my guys at the APM Reefer Garage, my home for the last 39 years. I couldn’t ask for a better group of guys to work and laugh with. Thank you to all ILA brothers and sisters for making me proud to be a member of our great organization. Onto the next chapter.”
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Congrats 🎈 Brother Bob💙⚓️🩵✊🏻✊🏿‼️
Always helped me fix a temp hustler I would have for the night. It was a pleasure to pull up to the shop when he worked on the truck. God bless you in retirement!
Congratulations Bob. Genuinely going to miss seeing you around the pier.
Congratulations Bobby a good guy like you deserves it Enjoy retirement 👏👏
Congratulations. God bless and enjoy.
Bobby enjoy your retirement !!!! We will all miss seeing you everyday You have become such a great friend and i will truly miss you 😘
One of the best two right there!!!
Congratulations Bobby!
Congratulations and enjoy your retirement
God bless you in this new season 🙏🏼you will be missed ❤️🎉
The best !! ❤️❤️
Congratulations. I wish you all the best. Enjoy it Buddy.
Go Union. Congrats
Congrats. Hope you enjoy a long healthy retirement
Congratulations Bob! Well earned, enjoy a long healthy retirement!
Congratulations Bobby always been such a great guy! Hope your retirement is great!
Congratulations,Enjoy your retirement
Congratulations Bob!!
Congratulations, Bob on your long and distinguished career.
Happy Retirement!! Blessings
Congratulations. Enjoy retirement!!🍾🎊
Congratulations Bob enjoy your retirement
Congratulations Fishon young man may the days of Retirement treat you like a God
Congratulations !!
Congratulations and God bless!
MAY 1ST
INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ DAY
May Day has been celebrated as International Workers’ Day since the late 19th century, when workers in many countries around the world began organizing to demand better working conditions and more rights. In the United States, workers were particularly vocal in their demands for an eight-hour workday, which they believed would improve their quality of life and give them more time to spend with their families and pursue other interests.
One of the most significant events in the history of International Workers’ Day was the Haymarket affair of 1886 in Chicago, which is often associated with the origins of May Day as a workers’ holiday. On May 1st of that year, workers around the city went on strike to demand an eight-hour workday. The strike quickly turned violent, and on May 4th, a bomb exploded at a rally in Haymarket Square, killing several people.
The Haymarket affair had a profound impact on the labor movement in the United States and around the world. It became a symbol of workers’ struggle for better working conditions and more rights, and it helped to galvanize the labor movement in the United States and other countries.
Since then, May Day has been celebrated in many countries around the world as a public holiday. May Day is an important reminder of the ongoing struggle for workers’ rights and the need for continued progress towards greater equality and social justice in the workplace.
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Port of Philadelphia Solidarity
Solidarity ✊🏾
Port of NY/NJ
October 1906
Young dockworkers moving produce on the docks in New York City during fall of 1906.
If you look closely, you can see that there are some workers that appear to be very young. During this time, it was very common for Longshoremen to begin working on waterfront at a very young age as they quit school to help in providing for their families.
Let us never forget all who came before us to build our great union into what it is we have today!
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Gangs for dayssssssee
A STATE-OF-THE-ART PORT FACILITY AT PORT NEWARK CONTAINER TERMINAL PUTS LONGSHORE WORKERS FIRST…AND IT IS COMPLETELY DESIGNED BY OUR HIGHLY SKILLED ILA MECHANICS WHO WILL BE WORKING AT THIS FACILITY ON A DAILY BASIS….
THE ILA AND MANAGEMENT WORKING TOGETHER FOR A BETTER FUTURE
Thank you Crane Daddy for sharing
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This is why the ILA is strong. Congratulations
This is incredible! Congratulations to everyone involved for their hard work and dedication.
This is great love the collaboration between ILA and the company. ILA Baby
Congratulations 🎊
EXCELLENT
Happy the members were consulted on the construction that’s vital
Great leadership.
This is great for our industry! Let's show them
Yay for NY/NJ. If only we weren’t in a right to work state where the crane operators are state employees instead of ILA. The operators can join a union, but they can’t bargain collectively according to state law.
Congratulations from Port of Honolulu Hawaii
👊🏾💯
Doesn’t work like that at the Port of Va.
Gotta stop automation
ILWU should have done this
This is what Holt logistics in the port of Philadelphia could’ve been leading the industry working together with ILA instead we have what we have.
ILA 1422 💯💪🏿💪🏿!!!
Let’s rewrite the contracts on the west coast
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
A tremendous display of solidarity by the members and a collaboration between the ILA and management that should be used as a model for all ports to follow!
Amazing day!
Congratulations to all!!
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Best local of the wooooooooorld!!!
Damn all those chassis light repairs paid off huh?
Great event!
Congratulations! need you in Philly to straightened some shit out💪
Great Job Fellas!!🇺🇸💪
Nelson Lombardo Lopez Local 1804-1. Great! Job Harold - Dennis - and John Daggett Thank’s all ILA
Love it!!!! ILA All The Way
Congratulations. Blessings for ILA
1804-1. Best lashers in the world.
Congratulations!
Brian Hall
Congratulations !!
Congratulations