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The largest maritime union workers in North America
Dear Brothers and Sisters of the ILA: This Labor Day, I come before you humbled and honored by your confidence in me and our South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District team with our re-election about a month ago. I hope to continue striving forward with you. The one thing I have learned about the ILA …
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – The leadership of the International Longshoremen’s Association and the International Dockworkers Council have sent strong messages of solidarity and support to the leadership of UNITE in the United Kingdom, whose dockworkers are on strike. In a letter to Sharon Graham, General Secretary, of UNITE, the union that represents approximately 1,500 dockworkers …
CMA-CGM’s President Edward Aldridge and American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier Group President Eric P. Ebeling Also To Be Honored The United Seamen’s Service 53rd annual Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Awards will be presented to Edward W. Aldridge, President of CMA-CGM North America and American President Lines; Harold J. Daggett, President of the international Longshoreman’s …
On Saturday, August 13th, the 2022 J. H. “Buddy” Raspberry Scholarship Reception & Awards Luncheon was held at the Marriott Marquis – Houston. This reception marked the 13th year of the event with a total of $227,000 in academic and vocational scholarship funds awarded to 30 recipients. The luncheon began with an invocation by Al …
“It’s important for everyone to have good healthcare coverage. Fortunately, for those in the ILA, we have the best healthcare [MILA Insurance].” *Video debuted Day 4 of the ILA’s South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District 92nd Convention in Coronado, California.
The ILA is reaching great milestones as they recruit workers to complete ship-to-shore (STS) crane and RTG operator certification. Just this October, Samantha Piña became the first woman in the history of the ILA local 28 to be certified as an RTG operator. “The program is rigorous. It requires nerves of steel, but most …
Our nation thanks the men and women of the ILA as first responders. You are the heartbeat of the nation’s supply chain. Watch the video from Day 1 of the ILA’s South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District 92nd Convention held in Coronado, California.
[envira-gallery id=”6161″] Since 1995 under the leadership of our founding chairman, Charles F. Spencer, the ILA Local 1408 Scholarship Fund, Port of Jax., Inc. has awarded over one million dollars in scholarships to more than 1000 qualified recipients (forty percent of these recipients are first-generation college students). The application process begins in February and ends in May. …
[envira-gallery id=”6144″] Coronado Island, California – (July 28, 2022). Alan Robb and his entire Executive Officers were unanimously re-elected to new four-years terms on the final day of the 92nd Convention of the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District held this week at the Del Coronado Hotel in Southern California. Hundreds of cheering delegates applauded …
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (July 16, 2022) – The 92nd Convention of the International Longshoremen’s Association’s South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District will kick-off on Monday, July 25, 2022, at the Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, California with ILA President Harold Daggett and United States Maritime Alliance Chair and CEO Dave Adam leading an impressive list of …
Dear Friends: Happy July 4th! Last month we reflected on another day of independence, Juneteenth. These celebrations of independence have special meaning in these trying times. I have stated I am afraid for our democracy. I worry so many Americans seem to ignore the danger confronting our great nation by those refusing to accept the …
