2021 Year In Review For ILA

ILA Workforce Continued To Shine As America’s Frontline Heroes Throughout 2021; President Harold Daggett Says ILA Continues To Meet Challenges and Looks To A Bright Future NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (December 29, 2021) As 2021 heads toward history, the ILA can look back on a year when it continued to me...
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Historic Day For ILA in Port of Baltimore; Local 333 President Scott Cowan Welcomes President Joe Biden To Port; Anthony Revis, Sr., a 44-year ILA Veteran Introduces President Biden To Audience

BALTIMORE, MD (November 11, 2021) The Port of Baltimore welcomed President Joe Biden to tour the port on Wednesday, November 10th and the ILA, led by ILA Local 333 President Scott Cowan, played a major role in the event. The biggest honor went to ILA Local 333 member Antony Revels, whose father work...
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ILA APPLAUDS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT THAT INVESTS IN PORT IMPROVEMENTS BUT DOES NOT FUND AUTOMATION

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (November 8, 2021) – President Harold J. Daggett, issued this statement in response to the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the advancement of the Build Back Better Act in the House of Representatives: This weekend is a historic time for tens of thousa...
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Clayola Brown, APRI President, To Be Honored at 2021 ILA Civil, Human and Women’s Rights Committee Dinner in Newark, New Jersey On Saturday Along with Dave Adam of USMX and ILA Executive Officers Alan Robb and Jim Paylor; Bernard Dudley To Be Remembered in Tribute

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (November 5, 2021) – The International Longshoremen’s Association Civil, Human and Women’s Rights Committee will be honoring four leaders at its Eighth Annual Dinner on Saturday, November 6th at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel in Elizabeth, New Jersey, according to an ann...
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ILA President Harold J. Daggett Welcomes U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh To Port of Charleston, South Carolina Who Praises ILA Workers and Reaffirms Support For Union Workers

CHARLESTON, SC. (November 3, 2021) International President Harold J. Daggett welcomed United States Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh to the Port of Charleston, South Carolina, joined by hundreds of ILA members from Locals 1422, 1422-A and 1771. The Labor Secretary’s visit sent a powerful message aro...
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In Letter to Senator and House Transportation Committees Praising Longshore Labor, FMC Urge Congress to Bring Aid to U.S. Terminal Operators

Commissioners Bentzel and Sola Urge Congressional Leaders to Address Port Terminal Needs During COVID-19 Crisis In letters to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Commissioners ...
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