ILA News

Get With the Times, ILA Tells USMX, and Stop Your Propaganda Campaign
Get With the Times, ILA Tells USMX, And Stop Your Propaganda Campaign; Management Raking In Billion Dollar Profits in 2024

Additional Tickets Now Available For Popular “ILA Night At Yankee Stadium”
Additional Tickets Now Available For Popular “ILA Night At Yankee Stadium” Scheduled For Friday, September 27, 2024; First-place Yanks and
Letter of Opposition to USMX’s Misleading Statement
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our employers’ association, USMX, recently issued a press release attempting to paint a rosy picture of

ILA Wage Scale Delegates Conclude Contract Negotiations With Unanimous Support For Call For October 1st Strike
ILA Wage Scale Delegates Conclude Two-Day Contract Negotiations With Unanimous Support For International President Harold J. Daggett To Call For

ILA President Harold Daggett and Executive Vice President Dennis Daggett Discuss Strike Potential
International ILA President Harold Daggett and International Executive Vice President Dennis A. Daggett Address ILA Wage Scale Delegates and 85,000

ILA Opens Wage Scale Meetings Reviewing Contract Demands for New Agreement with USMX
International Longshoremen’s Association Opens Wage Scale Meetings in New Jersey With 250 Wage Scale Delegates Representing Atlantic and Gulf Coast

ILA Confident America Will Support Longshore Workers Trying to Win Fair Contract; Good Paying American Jobs Versus Foreign Companies Earning Billion Dollar Profits
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (August 22, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) is confident that polls showing high approval for

ILWU President Willie Adams Pledges Solidarity With ILA In Negotiations With USMX
“ILWU and ILA Remain Militant and Resolute In Our Fight Against Automation” NORTH BERGEN, NJ (August 16, 2024) The leader

Popular “ILA Night at Yankee Stadium” Returns on Friday, September 27, 2024
Popular “ILA Night At Yankee Stadium” Returns on Friday, September 27, 2024, When ILA Goes to Bat For St. Jude’s

ILA’s William “Billy” Hartigan to be Honored with 2024 Irish Echo Labor Leader Award
ILA’s William “Billy” Hartigan To Be Honored With 2024 Irish Echo Labor Leader Award; Local 1804-1 Business Agent and ITF

ILA President Harold Daggett Preparing for Wage Scale Meetings with ILA Members in September—And a Potential Coastwide Strike in October
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (August 10, 2024) Harold J. Daggett, International President of the 85,000-member International Longshoremen’s Association, continues to work

A Report from Dennis A. Daggett, International Executive Vice President, International Longshoremen’s Association
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (August 9, 2024) As the possibility of a strike looms over the shipping industry, the International

ILA Bringing Its Wage Scale Delegates Together In Early September For Wage Scale Committee Meetings and To Prepare For Possible Strike If No Agreement Can Be Reached
ILA Bringing Its Wage Scale Delegates Together In New Jersey In Early September For Wage Scale Committee Meetings and To

ILA Executive Council Welcomes Eloy A. Cortez as International Vice President
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (July 29, 2024) Eloy Cortez, a 27-year veteran of the ILA, was recently appointed as an International

ILA/IDC Longshoremen Newsletter (#15, June 2024)
Read the newsletter here: ILA/IDC Longshoremen Newsletter (#15, July 2024)

We Ready! Are you? Press Play and You’ll Find Out
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An Open Letter to the Public: The Real Story Behind Our Fight, Told by an ILA Member and Officer
An Open Letter to the Public: The Real Story Behind Our Fight, Told by an ILA Member and Officer Dear

ILA President Harold Daggett Says Time Has Come for Shippers to Respect and Reward ILA Workers with Great Contract or “We Will Hit the Streets!”
ILA President Harold Daggett Says Time Has Come For Shippers To Respect and Reward ILA Workers With Great Contract Or