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Archives for June 2023

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As ILWU Canadian President Rob Ashton Announces Dockworkers Strike Beginning Saturday, July 1st, ILA President Harold Daggett Pledges Full Support and Praises Canadian Dockers For Taking Job Action to Fight Automation

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (June 28, 2023) ILA President Harold J. Daggett sent a letter of solidarity and support to ILWU Canadian President Rob Ashton Whose Union Announced a strike beginning Saturday, July 1st, 2023, citing protecting its current and future members from the devastating impacts of Port Automation; erosion of work through “Contracting Out” …

Read moreAs ILWU Canadian President Rob Ashton Announces Dockworkers Strike Beginning Saturday, July 1st, ILA President Harold Daggett Pledges Full Support and Praises Canadian Dockers For Taking Job Action to Fight Automation
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World-Wide Dockers Solidarity To Be Showcased at ILA’s 56th Quadrennial Convention; ILA Delegates To Gather July 24th-27th At Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Florida

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (June 27, 2023) – Final preparations are underway as the International Longshoremen’s Association organizes its 56th Quadrennial Convention, to be held July 24th through July 27th, 2023, at the Diplomat Resort Hotel in Hollywood, Florida. The ILA’s Atlantic Coast District will hold its 37th Quadrennial Convention the previous week, July 18 to …

Read moreWorld-Wide Dockers Solidarity To Be Showcased at ILA’s 56th Quadrennial Convention; ILA Delegates To Gather July 24th-27th At Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Florida
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ILA – South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District President Alan A. Robb’s 2023 Juneteenth Message

Dear Friends: 158 years ago, in Galveston June 19, 1865, word came to Texas slaves they had been freed by President Abraham Lincoln January 1, 1863, two- and one-half years earlier. You must wonder whether President Lincoln’s magnificent Emancipation Proclamation would have withstood litigation from today’s Republican Party. Recall, Lincoln was a Republican! Clearly, the …

Read moreILA – South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District President Alan A. Robb’s 2023 Juneteenth Message
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ILA~USMX Joint Safety Committee – OSH Circular – 2023-06 – Hurricane Season Begins!

The Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June through November, and each year the ILA~USMX Joint Safety Committee is persistent in reminding our labor and management constituents about the importance of being informed and prepared to handle the necessities that may arise as a consequence. This year is no exception ….. The United States Coast Guard, …

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