SAGCD - ILA
The largest maritime union workers in North America
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (October 2, 2024) The Congressional Labor Caucus in Washington announced its full support and solidarity with the 85,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association and their strike at all Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports against United States Maritime Alliance. “We stand in solidarity with the ILA workers in their fight for a …
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 2, 2024). Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su said in a statement released yesterday calling for parties to get back to the negotiating table that “giant shipping magnates acknowledge that if they can make record profits, their workers should share in that economic success.” “The 85,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s …
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (October 1, 2024) At the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) President Harold J. President Harold J. Daggett joined thousands of fellow members outside the gates at Maher Terminal in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey and launched the first coastwide strike in the ILA in nearly a …
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (October 2, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association today announced that it is donating $100,000 to the American Red Cross “Hurricane Helene Relief” fund and is asking its locals join in this fundraising campaign. “Recent hurricanes have caused significant devastation, affecting countless families and communities along our coastlines,” ILA President Harold Daggett wrote …
NORTH BERGEN, NJ. (October 1, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association shut down all ports from Maine to Texas at 12:01am on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, as tens of thousands of ILA rank-and-file members began setting up picket lines at waterfront facilities up and down the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. The ILA rejected United States Maritime …
NORTH BERGEN, NJ. – (October 1, 2024) USMX’s recent press release is another attempt to distort the facts and mislead the public. The ILA has rejected their so-called “nearly 50% wage increase” because it fails to address the demands of our members adequately. They might claim a significant increase, but they conveniently omit that many of …
