ILA News
ILA President Harold J. Daggett 2025 Independence Day Message to ILA Members
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (July 4, 2025) – HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA! To My ILA Members, I wish you and your family
His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV, Sends Greetings & Congratulations To International Dockworkers Council (IDC) On Organization’s 25th Anniversary And Commends Dockworkers For Taking On Challenge of “Job Losses Caused By Automation”
CHARLESTON, SC (JUNE 26, 2025) The hundreds of global dockworkers and members of the International Dockworkers Council (IDC) gathered in
International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Charleston Locals Host 25th Anniversary Celebration of Charleston Five Victory; International Panel of Speakers Recall How Small ILA Protest Exploded Into Global Campaign That Advanced Labor, Civil and Human Rights
CHARLESTON, SC (June 25, 2025) International Longshoremen’s Association Locals 1422, 1422-A and 1771 in the Port of Charleston, South Carolina,
Dockworkers From Around the World To Meet In Charleston, South Carolina Beginning Monday, June 23rd To Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries of “Charleston Five Campaign” and Birth of International Dockworkers’ Council
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (June 20, 2025) Two monumental events that occurred a quarter of a century ago that world shape
FATHER’S DAY MESSAGE FROM INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT HAROLD DAGGETT
To my 85,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, I wish you all a Happy Father’s Day. This holiday is
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