SAGCD - ILA
The largest maritime union workers in North America
Dear Friends: Martin Luther King Jr. would be 93 this year. When Reverend King was brutally assassinated 54 years ago, our country was attempting to reckon with the horrible legacy of slavery and the Civil War aftermath of “Jim Crow”. There was a period following his death of a united goal favoring civil rights, voting …
January 14, 2022 To my ILA membership and their families: Our nation in 2022 is more in need of the vision and the hope expressed by Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. throughout his life in his words and deeds, than any time in its history. As we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. …
Dear Friends: Here we are on the eve of a new year, already! It seems like we just started 2021, but now we start 2022. We hoped with the onset of proven safe vaccinations, we would have escaped this thing called “Covid”. Fortunately, for those vaccinated and “boosterized”, the Omicron variant breakthrough cases have been …
Great news for the ILA and Cooper/Ports America (C/PA). There is a lot of international cargo being moved from vessels to facilities by the ILA at Houston City Docks with logistics being provided by C/PA to get the cargoes out to the US consumers! Below is a list of vessels working today at the Houston …
[envira-gallery id=”5899″] 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 meet the challenges …
Dear Friends: This Christmas Eve recalls the joy and fellowship of this great ILA. Barbara and I extend our best wishes for a wonderful, prayerful Christmas Holiday. This is a time to reflect on our blessings and be thankful for our bounty. Please be safe and stay healthy as we look forward to a better …
To My ILA Membership and Families: It is a joy to wish all my beloved and faithful members of the International Longshoremen’s Association a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year. On behalf of my sons, Dennis and John, and my daughter, Lisa – along with my cherished grandchildren and great-grandchildren – the …
Dear Friends: We celebrate our second Thanksgiving with the pandemic still a source of concern. We continue to mourn the loss of our loved ones and colleagues this awful virus has taken from us or made ill. But this Thanksgiving we have a weapon to fight the virus back. The vaccination process has been a …
[envira-gallery id=”5861″] 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 worked …
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 thousands of ILA workers across America. …
[envira-gallery id=”5845″] A huge announcement for the ILA as Greg Washington, ILA – South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District (SAGCD) Vice President and President of ILA Local 1426 in Wilmington, NC has been appointed by North Carolina Democratic Governor Roy Cooper to serve as a member of the North Carolina State Ports Authority Board of …
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 announcement by Herbert Hall, Sr., Chairman and Rodney Owens, Vice Chairman. …
