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International Longshoremen’s Association and Atlantic Coast District, ILA Announce Location and Dates For 2023 Quadrennial Conventions; Union Returns to Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Florida

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (December 15, 2022) – The International Longshoremen’s Association will be returning to the Diplomat Resort Hotel in Hollywood, Florida for the Union’s Fifty-Sixth Quadrennial Convention in July 2023 with sessions held Monday, July 24, 2023, through Thursday, July 27, 2023. Convention delegates and guests will register on Saturday and Sunday, July 22 …

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ILA Calls on Senate To Follow House Resolution Granting Sick Leave To Rail Workers; ILA President Harold Daggett Says Longshore Union In Full Support of Railroad Workers

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (November 30, 2022) The International Longshoremen’s Association stands in full solidarity with America’s rail unions and calls on the United States Senate and President Biden to follow today’s House action granting sick leave to rail workers. “Today, the House approved a resolution that would give rail workers seven paid sick days per …

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ILA President Harold Daggett Announces Prospects For ILA-USMX Master Contract Talks; Praises ILA Members Keeping Commerce Moving During COVID As “America’s Front-Line Heroes”

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (November 3, 2022) ILA President Harold J. Daggett used the stage of 2022 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award, attended by almost a thousand shipping executives, maritime employers, longshore labor, port authorities and military, to announce that the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Association (USMX) will step up informal talks …

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ILA Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee To Honor Three ILA Leaders and President of Shipping Association of New York and New Jersey at Awards Dinner This Saturday

​NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (November 2, 2022) Three ILA Leaders and the President of Shipping Association of New York and New Jersey will be honored this Saturday, November 5, 2022 at the Ninth Annual International Longshoremen’s Association Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee Award Dinner to be held at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel in …

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ILA President Harold J. Daggett To Receive Top Maritime Honor – Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award – Presented By United Seamen’s Service At New York City Dinner This Friday, October 28, 2022

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 27, 2022) The leader of the International Longshoremen’s Association will receive the maritime industry’s top award this Friday at a black-tie dinner in New York City. Harold J. Daggett, President of the 75,000-member ILA, will be presented the Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award by United Seamen’s Service at their …

Read moreILA President Harold J. Daggett To Receive Top Maritime Honor – Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award – Presented By United Seamen’s Service At New York City Dinner This Friday, October 28, 2022
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Port of Miami Port Director and CEO Hydi Webb Welcomes International Longshoremen’s Association; Atlantic Coast District General Vice President John Daggett and International Vice President Luis Gonzalez Lead ILA Delegation to Florida Port

MIAMI, FL. – (October 20, 2022) Hydi Webb, Port Director and CEO, Port of Miami, Florida welcomed a delegation of ILA officials to her port on Thursday, continuing to build on the strong relationship the union and the port have enjoyed for decades. Webb was named Miami Port Director early in 2022, replacing Juan Kuryla, …

Read morePort of Miami Port Director and CEO Hydi Webb Welcomes International Longshoremen’s Association; Atlantic Coast District General Vice President John Daggett and International Vice President Luis Gonzalez Lead ILA Delegation to Florida Port
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ILA Secretary-Treasurer Stephen G. Knott Awarded “Hero of the Harbor” By Waterfront Alliance; NYSA’s John Nardi and Sharlene Brown of YMCA Also Honored In Jersey City, New Jersey

JERSEY CITY, NJ – (October 12, 2022) The Waterfront Alliance paid tribute to ILA longshore workers and shippers at reception in Jersey City, New Jersey on Wednesday, October 12th, honoring leaders of the two organizations that were instrumental in keeping cargo moving and commerce flowing throughout the almost three-years Covid pandemic. Stephen Knott, Secretary-Treasurer, International …

Read moreILA Secretary-Treasurer Stephen G. Knott Awarded “Hero of the Harbor” By Waterfront Alliance; NYSA’s John Nardi and Sharlene Brown of YMCA Also Honored In Jersey City, New Jersey
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ILA President Harold Daggett Joins Over a Thousand Members at “ILA Night At Yankee Stadium” Where Over $10,000.00 Was Raised For Hole In the Wall Gang Camp

[envira-gallery id=”6265″] NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 2, 2022) Yankee slugger Aaron Judge did not his historic 62nd home run of the season, but the more than one thousand ILA members, family, and friends who joined International President Harold J. Daggett on Friday night at a packed Yankee Stadium in the Bronx felt the evening …

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Stephen Knott of ILA and John Nardi of Shipping Association of New York and New Jersey To Be Honored By Waterfront Alliance on October 12th For Keeping Port Open Throughout Pandemic

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (September 21, 2022) The Waterfront Alliance of New York Harbor will honor Stephen Knott, Secretary-Treasurer of the International Longshoremen’s Association and John Nardi, President of the Shipping Association of New York and New Jersey, on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 with the “2022 Heroes of the Harbor” Award for their contributions and …

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A 2022 Labor Day Message From Harold J. Daggett, President, International Longshoremen’s Association

To My ILA Sisters and Brothers: As we celebrate Labor Day 2022, our national workers’ day of recognition, I want to salute the workers of the International Longshoremen’s Association. I am so proud to lead this powerful organization and applaud you for your continued dedication to your craft; your commitment to your ILA Locals, and …

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International Longshoremen’s Association and International Dockworkers’ Council Pledge Full Support and Solidarity with Felixstowe (U.K.) Dockworkers Now On Strike

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 …

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