ILA News

ILA Members To Join in Four-Day Labor Walks For “Steve Sweeney For New Jersey Governor” Beginning This Saturday In Bloomfield, NJ In Final Get Out the Vote Push Before Tuesday’s Primary
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (June 4, 2025) With less than a week to go before the New Jersey Democratic Gubernatorial Primary

ILA Endorsed Candidate – Assemblyman William B. Sampson IV, A Member of Local 1588 – Counting On Fellow ILA Members To “Get Out the Vote” On Tuesday, June 10th Primary To Support His Re-Election
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (June 2, 2025) William B Sampson IV, a member of Local 1588, International Longshoremen’s Association and

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Of Heroic Civil and Labor Rights Battle, “Charleston Five”, To Be Commemorated June23-27, 2025 At International Dockworkers Council Gathering In South Carolina
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (June 2, 2025) – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) will honor the 25th Anniversary of the “ILA’s

John Cuozzo, President, ILA Local 148=78-2 and Atlantic Coast District Vice President, Urges New Jersey Legislature To End State’s Ban on Recyclable Paper Bags
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (May 29, 2025). The leader of ILA Local 1478-2 is urging New Jersey lawmakers to end

Memorial Day 2025 Message From ILA President Harold Daggett
The International Longshoremen’s Association, known as the “I Love America” union, asks all our members and families to honor and

International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) Team Up To Raise $150,000 For St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (May 22, 2025) The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance joined forces this past Monday,

ILA-USMX 32nd Annual Children’s Fund Charity Outing Benefitting St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital Set For Monday, May 19th, 2025, In New Jersey
Management and Labor Join Forces At Forsgate Country Club With Respected Charity That Provides Care and Treatment For Children with

Members and Families of ILA Local 1359-1860 Get A Real Kick Out Of Annual “Boots on the Ground” Celebration
ILA Local 1359-1860, Fort Pierce-Port Canaveral Hosted “ILA Day – Boots On the Ground”, a powerful celebration of unity and

ILA Endorsed New Jersey Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Sweeney Pledges Continued Support For ILA As He Addresses Over a Thousand ILA Local 1804-1 Members
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (April 30, 2025) New Jersey Gubernatorial Steve Sweeney, endorsed by the International Longshoremen’s Association and International President

F. Paul De Maria Named CEO and Chairman of United States Maritime Alliance (USMX)
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (April 29, 2025) In mid-April, United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) Board of Directors announced the selected

USMX-ILA Children’s Fund Charity Outing Set For Monday, May 19th At Forsgate Country Club; Annual Event Raises Money For St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (April 25, 2025) The 32nd Annual United States Maritime Alliance-International Longshoremen’s Association Children’s Fund Golf Outing,

ILA President Harold J. Daggett Statement on the Passing of His Holiness, Pope Francis
“The International Longshoremen’s Association mourns the passing of His Holiness, Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday 2025 at the

ILA’s New York-New Jersey District Council Honors John Cuozzo, President, ILA Local 1478-2 and Atlantic Coast District Vice President As “Man of the Year”
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (April 16, 2025) John Cuozzo, an ILA veteran with more than a half century of service to

PROMINENT WOMEN AT THE MIAMI, FLORIDA WATERFRONT
ILA Local 1416’s Lovette McGill (center) welcomes President Donald Trump’s U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer (right) and Miami-Dade County

International Workers Memorial Day To Be Observed Monday April 28, 2025; ILA Ceremonies in Miami and Port of New York and New Jersey Announced
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (April 11, 2025) – The International Longshoremen’s Association will be joining unions across America and around the

ATTENTION ILA MEMBERS LIVING IN NEW JERSEY!
Only voters affiliated with the Democratic Party can vote in the Primary Election. Voters currently affiliated with another political party

Campaign To Assist Construction of Civic Youth Center In West Belfast, Ireland, Named In Honor Of ILA President Harold J. Daggett, Begins Here In United States
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (April 2, 2025) In a letter sent this week to all International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Locals, International

“Support Your Union and Remember: If We Are Together, It’s Impossible To Fail”; ILA’s Dennis Daggett Writes “The Importance of Paying Union Dues: A 53-Year Reality Check” Noting That Dues Support Union’s Efforts To Protect and Fight For Its Rank-and-File Membership
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (March 12, 2025) In 1972, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) last received an increase in dues from