ILA News

ILA Suffers Two More Deaths To COVID-19 As Otis Saleem Johnson From ILA Local 1233 and Orlando Mercado From ILA Local 1235 Pass Away From Coronavirus
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (April 4, 2020). The International Longshoremen’s Association continues to suffer loss of life due to COVID-19. ILA

ILA Suffers Deaths of Two ILA Members From Port Of New Orleans Who Succumb To COVID-19; Entire ILA Devastated At Loss of Fellow Members From ILA Local 3000, New Orleans
NORTH BERGEN, NJ. (April 1, 2020). The horrible COVID-19 Pandemic has claimed the lives of two ILA members from the

ILA Members and Locals Adjusting To New World of Living and Working With COVID-19; Balancing Work and Safety As Nation Looks To Brave Dockworkers To Keep Supply Chains Open
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (March 26, 2020) – The world has changed mightily for Johnny Dixon in six short weeks. Back

ILA Holding Daily Telephonic Meetings With Management, State Governments and Port Stakeholders To Fight For ILA Members’ Safety Amid COV-19 Crisis
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (March 25, 2020). ILA President Harold J. Daggett knows that tens of thousands of ILA members

GoFundMe: NJ Local 1809/ILA Member House Fire Recovery Fund
Sadly, Joe Gioeni, an employee of the NYSA-ILA Employee Benefit Fund, Local 1809 and ILA member’s family home caught on

ILA Leader Asks U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Chuck Schumer To Get Coronavirus Exposed or Contracted Longshore Workers Covered Under Federal Compensation
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (March 24, 2020) Harold J. Daggett, President, International Longshoremen’s Association, today asked New Jersey U.S. Senator

ILA Calls of Portuguese Government To Be Fair To Portuguese Dockworkers (SEAL)
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ILA Children’s Fund Moves 27th Annual Hole In Wall Gang Camp Fund Golf Outing To Thursday, July 9, 2020; ILA’s Major Charity Helps Connecticut Camp For Children With Cancer and Other Life-Threatening Illnesses
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (March 17, 2020) The ILA Children’s Fund 27th Annual Hole In Wall Gang Camp Fund Golf Outing

ILA President Harold J. Daggett Condolence Letter to ILWU President Willie Adams on Passing of ILWU Vice President Wesley Furtado
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Port of NY & NJ Operational Updates due to COVID-19
Originally posted by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey The Port of New York and New Jersey

Marine Safety Information Bulletin: Vessel Reporting Requirements for Illness or Death
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ILA President Harold J. Daggett Announces Endorsement of Joe Biden For President; Urges ILA Members In Florida, Ohio and Illinois to Vote In Tuesday’s Primaries
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (March 15, 2020) – The President of the International Longshoremen’s Association, Harold J. Daggett, announced today

USMX and ILA Leaders Direct Their Safety Committee To Advise Members On Protections Against Coronavirus
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (March 10, 2020) At the direction of David F. Adam, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, United

Louis Pernice, ILA Leader from Brooklyn for almost 60 Years, Passes Away; President of ILA Local 1814 and International Vice President
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (February 14, 2020) Louis Pernice, a powerful force on ILA’s Brooklyn waterfront for over a half century

ILA Vice President Willie J. Seymore, In Remarks to Georgia Foreign Trade Conference On Tuesday, Will Honor Five ILA Brunswick Longshoremen For Their Heroics Vainly Trying to Save Fellow Local 1423 Member Who Drowned After Vehicle Mishap Sent Car Into Water
SEA ISLAND, GA (Feb. 3, 3020) – At the 2020 Georgia Foreign Trade Conference here in Sea Island, Georgia, International

Harold Daggett’s Re-election as International President, Coupled with Two Maritime Honors Highlights Successful 2019 for ILA Leader and Union
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (December 29, 2019) Harold J. Daggett enjoyed a banner year in 2019. He was unanimously re-elected