ILA News

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

ILA President Harold J. Daggett Joins Picket Lines Throughout Port Newark/Elizabeth at Start of Strike; Rallies Tens of Thousands of ILA Members to Stay Strong and United
ILA President Harold J. Daggett Joins Picket Lines Throughout Port Newark/Elizabeth, New Jersey at Start of Strike and Rallies Tens

ILA Update – Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11 am
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (September 30, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) reports that United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) continues

ILA’s “Big Jack” Pennington Writes Searing Essay about Threat of Automation; ILA International President Daggett Applauds Response: “You Just Explained it the Best Way Anybody Could”
ILA’s “Big Jack” Pennington Writes Searing Essay on Facebook About Threat of Automation; ILA International President Harold Daggett Applaud His

USMX Continues Weak Publicity Campaign Against ILA With “Unfair Labor Practices” Suit; Foreign Shipping Companies Exploiting American Longshoremen is Unfair Labor Practice: ILA
USMX Continues Its Weak Publicity Campaign Against ILA With “Unfair Labor Practices” Suit; ILA Says Foreign Shipping Companies Exploiting American

ILA will Maintain Pledge to Handle Military Cargo During Strike; Passenger Cruise Ships to be Unaffected by 10/1 Strike
ILA, the “I LOVE AMERICA” Union, will Maintain its Longstanding Pledge to Handle Military Cargo During Strike; Passenger Cruise Ships

In Multiple Communications with ILA Leadership, USMX Held Firm to Stingy Wage Offers Rejected by ILA Wage Scale Committee
In Multiple Communications With ILA Leadership In Recent Weeks, United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) Held Firm To Stingy Wage Offers

Union Will Be on “Right Side of History” if it Must Strike October 1; “Corporate Greed Must End”: ILA Executive Vice President Dennis A. Daggett
ILA’s Dennis A. Daggett Says Union Will Be On “Right Side of History” If It Must Strike on October 1,