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”
Thank you, Dennis for telling the world how special our jobs are; if it wasn’t for the dockworkers around the world these companies would not be rich companies that they are today. We are the dockers from around the world who made these companies what they are today. And now they’re looking to get rid …
An Open Letter to the Public: The Real Story Behind Our Fight, Told by an ILA Member and Officer
Dear Friends and Supporters, I am writing to you today as Dennis A. Daggett, a member and Executive Vice President of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), and a representative of the International Dockworkers Council (IDC). At this critical juncture, we need your understanding and support more than ever. Over the past few years, the shipping …
ILA’s Charles Spencer Receives 2024 Benjamin L. Hooks “Keeper of the Flame” Award From National Association for the Advancement of Colored People At Organization’s Las Vegas Convention
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (July 16, 2024). Charles Spencer, Executive Vice President Emeritus of the International Longshoremen’s Association’s South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District, and a legendary leader for the ILA at the Port of Jacksonville, Florida for decades, will receive the 2024 Benjamin L. Hooks “Keeper of the Flame” Award” from the National Association …
ILA Bolstered By Powerful Support from Global and National Labor Organizations. President Daggett Says Support Generates Confidence To Deliver Landmark Agreement
As the International Longshoremen’s Association approaches the expiration of the current six-year Master Contract covering all ports from Maine to Texas with United States Maritime Alliance in two months, its position negotiating a new agreement is strongly bolstered by expressions of solidarity and support from labor organizations in the United States and globally. The New …
ILA President Harold Daggett Asks ILA Members To Pray For Former President Donald Trump and Victims at Saturday’s Pennsylvania Rally; Recalls Productive Meeting Last November With Trump
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (July 15, 2024) International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold J. Daggett expressed relief that the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was unsuccessful and called on all ILA members to pray for the victims at the Saturday rally in Western Pennsylvania. “It was sickening to watch a political rally suddenly turn …
ILA President Harold Daggett Says Threat of October 1st Strike At Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports Growing More Likely As Current Contract With USMX Expires in 80 Days
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (July 12, 2024) The leader of the International Longshoremen’s Association says the threat of a strike at all Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports is becoming more likely as time is growing short before the current contract expires in 80 days, on September 30, 2024. Harold J. Daggett, ILA President and the …
SAGCD President Alan A. Robb’s 2024 Fourth of July Letter
Dear Members, As we approach the Fourth of July, I want to extend my warmest wishes to each of you and your families for a joyous and safe holiday. This day marks the celebration of our nation’s independence and is a time for reflection, gratitude, and unity. While many of us will spend the holiday …
SAGCD President Alan A. Robb’s 2024 Juneteenth Message
Dear Friends: June 19, 2024, marks the 159th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s historic announcement in Galveston, Texas that slavery had been abolished two- and one-half years earlier. Sadly, all these years later, we, as a country, still suffer from the awful ramifications of slavery. It seems that rather than progress in recognizing the sins …
ILA~USMX Joint Safety Committee – OSH Circular – 2024-06 – Occupational Heat Stress
As waterfront workers and employers prepare for the Summer of 2024, it’s important to anticipate and take account of the inevitable hot temperatures and the accompanying high humidity levels that will occur. Accordingly, the ILA-USMX Joint Safety Committee would like to pass on the following advice and would urge both workers and employers to implement …
ILA Reveals USMX Member Companies Recorded Billion Dollar Profits In Recent Years; Union Expects ILA Members To Benefit With Generous Master Contract Package
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (June 12, 2024) – The ILA means business in 2024 as it seeks to negotiate a new agreement with USMX before the current Master Contract expires in less than four months, on September 30, 2024. From its leader President Harold J. Daggett to the tens of thousands of ILA rank-and-file longshore member …
International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Halts Negotiations with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) Amid Automation Disputes
North Bergen, NJ – (June 10, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) today announced the suspension of talks with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) scheduled for Tuesday, June 11, 2024. This decision arises amidst ongoing negotiations of local agreements under the coast-wide Master Contract, set to expire on September 30, 2024. The ILA canceled …