ILA News

ILA’s Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee To Hold Annual Meeting In New Jersey Saturday, November 2, 2024
ILA’s Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee To Hold Annual Meeting In New Jersey Saturday, November 2, 2024; Evening Awards

ILA Praises Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su and EPA For Advocating For ILA Jobs As Part of EPA Funding For Zero-Emission Port Equipment and Infrastructure: “Human Operated and Human Maintained”
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 25, 2024) At United States ports where ILA members work, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

In Powerful Video, ILA Members Share Why Helping Hurricane Victims is a Labor of Love for Them; “We are ‘Giving People’ Always Working Hard for the Community.”
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STATEMENT BY ILA PRESIDENT HAROLD J. DAGGETT ON THE PASSING OF DONATO “DAN” CARUSO, LONG TIME GENERAL COUNSEL, USMX AND NYSA
On behalf of the officers and 85,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, I extend condolences and deepest sympathy to

Director of American Labor Museum Staunchly Defends and Praises ILA President and Union In Powerful Response To Attacks From New Jersey Newspaper Chain, nj.com
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 18, 2024). The Director of the American Labor Museum, in a letter published in “nj.com”,

ILA Working Overtime To Help Victims of Two Recent Destructive Hurricanes In the South
ILA Working Overtime To Help Victims of Two Recent Destructive Hurricanes In the South; ILA Leaders Load Trucks of Relief

ILA’s Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee To Honor Herbie Hall, Sr., Vincent S. Cameron, Lovette McGill and John Atkins At Annual Dinner November 2, 2024, In Weehawken, New Jersey
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 15, 2024) At its 11th Annual Fall Dinner slated for Saturday, November 2, 2024, at

AUTOMATION IS NOT ALWAYS PROGRAMS – WATCH POWERFUL VIDEO FROM AN ILWU BROTHER
See this area right here, this used to be filled with people ready to go to work. This is Maersk

Labor Champion and ILA Endorsed NJ Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Sweeney was Valuable Asset to Union’s Rank-and-File Members Working to Help End Strike
Labor Champion and ILA Endorsed New Jersey Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Sweeney was Valuable Asset to Union’s Rank-and-File Members Working Behind

St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital Receives $12,000 Donation from Sep. 27 “ILA Night At Yankee Stadium”; ILA Longshore Workers Donations Top $137,000
St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital Receives $12,000 Donation From September 27th “ILA Night At Yankee Stadium”; ILA Longshore Workers Continue

LA President Harold J. Daggett Thanks Kevin J. O’Toole, Chairman, The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey & Port Authority Police for Professionalism During ILA Strike
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 4, 2024) Harold J. Daggett, President of the International Longshoremen’s Association, expressed gratitude to The

Joint Statement Regarding Master Contract
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 3, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd. have reached

ILA President and Chief Negotiator Harold J. Daggett Subjected to Death Threats and Harassment, Including New York Post Publishing His Home Address, Putting His Safety at Risk
Fighting for a Fair and Just Contract for ILA Members, ILA President and Chief Negotiator Harold J. Daggett Subjected to

ILA Donates $100,000 to Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts as it Launches Fund Raising Campaign with its Locals and Membership
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (October 2, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association today announced that it is donating $100,000 to the American

Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su Says Giant Shipping Magnates Should Share Their Economic Success With ILA Longshore Workers
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 2, 2024). Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su said in a statement released yesterday calling for

ILA Responds To USMX’s Statement That Distorts the Facts and Misleads the Public
NORTH BERGEN, NJ. – (October 1, 2024) USMX’s recent press release is another attempt to distort the facts and mislead