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To My ILA Family: I want to wish our ILA members and their families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. My prayers for you are that Our Lord bless you with an abundance of health, happiness and love during this Holiday Season and throughout the coming year. Our ILA family embraces many faiths [&...

PALM BEACH, FL. (December 12, 2024) – President Donald J. Trump met with the two top leaders of the International Longshoremen’s Association – International President Harold J. Daggett and Executive Vice President Dennis A. Daggett – to discuss the union’s negotiations with United ...

I understand it’s nearly impossible to rebut every inaccurate report that circulates in the media. However, this particular narrative is too misleading and damaging to ignore, and it needs to be addressed. The recent wave of reporting criticizing the efficiency of U.S. ports is not only inaccurate...

The maritime industry, once operating quietly behind the scenes, has recently been thrust into the spotlight. Events over the past few years have underscored just how vital this industry is to the lifeblood of our nation. Ports are the gateways for goods, military supplies, food, medical equipment, ...

I initially hesitated to respond to this “clueless” commentary. However, the author’s glaring lack of knowledge about the maritime industry and his misrepresentation of what the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) is fighting for demands correction. His commentary not only fails t...

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (December 4, 2024) – In nearly six decades as a longshoreman, local labor official, district and international officer, and currently in his fourth term as leader of 85,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, International President Harold J. Daggett has...

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) is at a crossroads in our Master Contract negotiations with ocean carriers and employers. At the center of this impasse is the employers’ push to expand the use of semi-automated rail-mounted gantry cranes (RMGs). The ILA is not against progress...

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (November 25, 2024) Harold J. Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), praised incoming President Donald J. Trump’s nomination of Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer for U.S. Secretary of Labor. In a letter sent to President-elect Trump over...

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (November 21, 2024) Paddy Crumlin, in his dual roles as National Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and International President of the 18-million-member International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), offered strong and steadfast support to the International Lo...