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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 …

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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 …

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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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ILA Leader Harold Daggett Calling on President Biden To Resolve Thorny Wind Project Battle at Port of New Bedford, MA. Where Building Trade Unions Are Attempting To Do ILA Work

[envira-gallery id=”6609″] NEW BEDFORD, MA. – (May 26, 2023) Harold J. Daggett is contacting President Joe Biden and calling on the Administration to block efforts by the Massachusetts Building Trades Unions from stealing ILA work in the handling of Vineyard Wind’s offshore wind turbines at the Port of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The first shipment of …

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ILA – South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District President Alan A. Robb’s 2023 Memorial Day Message

Dear Friends: Memorial Day provides us with an opportunity to reflect, honor, and remember what it is we cherish about the United States of America. These are crazy times as there are American politicians degrading our democracy, praising authoritarians like Vladimir Putin and encouraging far-right white supremacists.  State legislators are limiting the right to vote, …

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ILA~USMX Joint Safety Committee – OSH Circular – 2023-05 – Distracted Driving Alert

The ILA~USMX Joint Safety Committee (JSC) would like to take the time to remind all in-house and outside drivers of all vehicles operating at our marine terminals, that distracted driving can easily get to be a life-threatening activity. In our industry-specific global research, and in our considerable interactions with occupational safety practitioners who are deeply …

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Registration Now Available On-line for Atlantic Coast District Convention and International Convention Scheduled For July at Diplomat Beach Resort Hotel in Hollywood, Florida

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (May 5, 2023) Registration for the ILA’s two conventions coming up this summer at the Diplomat Beach Resort Hotel in Hollywood, Florida is now available on-line. Delegates and guests to both the 37th Quadrennial Convention of the Atlantic Coast District, ILA; and the 56th Quadrennial Convention of International Longshoremen’s Association should register …

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Workers Memorial Day Events Announced At Ports in Miami and New York-New Jersey

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (April 22, 2023) On Friday, April 28, 2023, the International Longshoremen’s Association will join the world-wide labor movement observing “International Workers’ Memorial Day” to remember workers killed, injured, or made ill on the job and to renew the fight for strong safety and health protections.” At ILA ports up and down …

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ILA Longshore Workers At New Jersey’s Busiest Ports Cheer As US Supreme Court Unanimous Ruling Allows State of New Jersey to Unilaterally Exit from Waterfront Commission

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (April 20, 2023) ILA Longshore Workers at waterfront facilities throughout New Jersey joined in collective cheers on Tuesday as word came out of Washington that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the State of New Jersey could unilaterally withdraw from the Waterfront Commission. The unanimous decision by the nation’s highest court …

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A Statement From President Harold Daggett, International Longshoremen’s Association, on Supreme Court Decision Allowing New Jersey To Withdraw From Waterfront Commission

The International Longshoremen’s Association is extremely happy with today’s unanimous Supreme Court decision allowing New Jersey to unilaterally withdraw from the Waterfront Commission. The Waterfront Commission long ago abandoned its original purpose, and instead took advantage of the fact that it had no oversight by the New Jersey state government. The Commission has used this …

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ILA~USMX Joint Safety Committee – OSH Circular – 2023-04 – Stay Back One Full Container Stack!

The ILA~USMX Joint Safety Committee (JSC) would like to take the time to remind all in-house and outside drivers using yard stack service lanes to stay back at least one full container length when lining up for the receipt or delivery of containers. In our global research, the JSC has found that stacking errors (overlaps) …

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Eight-Year Organizing Campaign Culminates With Grand Bahama Dock and Allied Workers Union Receiving Charter from International Longshoremen’s Association

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (February 23, 2023) – Organizing persistence spanning nearly a decade, coupled with crafty negotiations at the top Cabinet levels of a Foreign Government, finally spelled success for the International Longshoremen’s Association and Ken Reilly, an ILA International Vice President, as he presented the leadership of the Bahama Dock and Allied Workers Union …

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