First look at Port Houston’s three new Neopanamax electric cranes for the Bayport Container Terminal

The three new $35 million ship-to-shore cranes are expected to be operational in the summer of 2022 and will be the tallest to date for Port Houston, ...
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ILA and Cooper/Ports America (CPA) Continue to Keep Cargo Moving at Houston City Docks

Another positive day for the ILA and Cooper/Ports America (C/PA)  at the Houston City Docks/Turning Basin.  The ILA provided 20 labor gangs to C/PA ...
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Twelve Reimbursement Scholarships to be Awarded from the ILA Civil Rights Committee

Dear Sisters and Brothers: The Southeastern Dock & Marine Council – ILA is presenting an ILA Women’s Conference in Jacksonville FL Mar...
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ILA Local 1422 President, Charles Brave, Jr., and Newly Elected Officers Rededicate Their Commitment to Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Struggle

As the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. prepared to launch the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968, he traveled to Memphis several times to support s...
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SAGCD President Alan A. Robb 2022 Message Honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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 r...
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ILA President Harold J. Daggett 2022 Message Honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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 L...
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New Year’s Message 2022

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 p...
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ILA and Cooper/Ports America (CPA) Keep Cargo Moving at Houston City Docks

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 H...
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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 L...
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Christmas 2021 Message from SAGCD President Alan A. Robb To ILA Members and Families

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 Chr...
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Christmas 2021 Message from International President Harold J. Daggett To ILA Members and Families

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 C...
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2021 Thanksgiving Letter from SAGCD President Alan Robb

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 co...
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