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Joint Statement Regarding Master Contract
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 3, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd. have reached a tentative agreement on wages and have agreed to extend the Master Contract until January 15, 2025 to return to the bargaining table to negotiate all other outstanding issues. Effective immediately, all current job actions will …
Victory Through Solidarity
Brothers and Sisters of the ILA, It is with immense pride that I address you today, following the tentative resolution of the strike we initiated on October 1. Our demands were clear: protections against automation, and wages and benefits that reflect what we truly deserve. Over the past several days, your solidarity has been nothing …
Congressional Labor Caucus “Stands in Solidarity with ILA Workers In Their Fight For A Fair Contract
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (October 2, 2024) The Congressional Labor Caucus in Washington announced its full support and solidarity with the 85,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association and their strike at all Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports against United States Maritime Alliance. “We stand in solidarity with the ILA workers in their fight for a …
Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su Says Giant Shipping Magnates Should Share Their Economic Success With ILA Longshore Workers
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (October 2, 2024). Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su said in a statement released yesterday calling for parties to get back to the negotiating table that “giant shipping magnates acknowledge that if they can make record profits, their workers should share in that economic success.” “The 85,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s …
ILA President Harold J. Daggett Rallies Members in Port Newark/Elizabeth Strike Demanding Wage Increases and No Automation
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (October 1, 2024) At the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) President Harold J. President Harold J. Daggett joined thousands of fellow members outside the gates at Maher Terminal in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey and launched the first coastwide strike in the ILA in nearly a …
ILA Donates $100k To Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts As It Launches Fund Raising Campaign With Its Locals
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (October 2, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association today announced that it is donating $100,000 to the American Red Cross “Hurricane Helene Relief” fund and is asking its locals join in this fundraising campaign. “Recent hurricanes have caused significant devastation, affecting countless families and communities along our coastlines,” ILA President Harold Daggett wrote …
ILA Shuts Down All Ports On Atlantic and Gulf Coast On Oct 1st, As Strike Begins Against USMX
NORTH BERGEN, NJ. (October 1, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association shut down all ports from Maine to Texas at 12:01am on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, as tens of thousands of ILA rank-and-file members began setting up picket lines at waterfront facilities up and down the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. The ILA rejected United States Maritime …
ILA Responds To USMX’s Statement That Distorts the Facts and Misleads the Public
NORTH BERGEN, NJ. – (October 1, 2024) USMX’s recent press release is another attempt to distort the facts and mislead the public. The ILA has rejected their so-called “nearly 50% wage increase” because it fails to address the demands of our members adequately. They might claim a significant increase, but they conveniently omit that many of …
ILA Update – Monday, September 30, 2024 at 11 am
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (September 30, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) reports that United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) continues to block the path toward a settlement on a new Master Contract by refusing ILA’s demands for a fair and decent contract and seems intent on causing a strike at all ports from Maine to …
ILA Update – Sunday, September 29, 2024, at 12 noon
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. – (September 29, 2024) With 36 hours to go before the end of the ILA-USMX contract tomorrow evening, the 85,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, joined in solidarity by tens of thousands of dockworkers and maritime workers around the world, will hit the picket lines at 12:01 am on Tuesday, October …
USMX Continues Its Weak Publicity Campaign Against ILA With “Unfair Labor Practices” Suit; ILA Says Foreign Shipping Companies Exploiting American Longshoremen For Big Profits They Export Overseas Is An Unfair Labor Practice
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (September 26, 2024) Continuing its weak publicity campaign designed to fool the American public that they care for the longshore workers who help earn them billions of dollars and are serious about negotiating a new Master Contract Agreement, United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) last night filed an “unfair labor practice” charge against …