ILA Union The ILA The International Longshoremen’s Association is the largest union of maritime workers in North America, representing upwards of 85,000 longshoremen on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, Great Lakes, major U S rivers, Puerto Rico and Eastern Canada, and the Bahamas
ILA News – ILA Union ILA President Harold J Daggett Arrives in Lisbon, Portugal For Historic Anti-Automation Summit; Meets With Leaders of SEAL, Portuguese Dockers Union
ILA Executive Council – ILA Union President Harold J Daggett 5000 West Side Ave North Bergen, NJ 07047 212-425-1200 hdaggett@ilaunion org
History of International Longshoremen’s Association Presidents The ILA was first created along the Great Lakes Region in 1892 That same year, The National Longshoreman Association was named and adopted at the Detroit Convention At first, the Longshore Union was called “National Longshoremen’s Association of the United States”
History – ILA Union By the early 19th century, the longshoreman of the day eked out a meager existence along the North Atlantic coast Their working conditions were wretched and their wages pitiful
Master Contract – ILA Union USMX-ILA MASTER CONTRACT MEMORANDUM OF SETTLEMENT BETWEEN UNITED STATES MARITIME ALLIANCE, LTD (For And On Behalf of Management) AND INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S ASSOCIATION, AFL-CIO (For And On Behalf of Itself And Each Of Its Affiliated Districts And Locals Representing Longshoremen, Clerks, Checkers And Maintenance Employees Working On Ships And Terminals In Ports On The East And Gulf
John D. Baker – ILA Union Baker worked his way up the ranks of the ILA beginning his career as a longshoreman and later serving on a Union Organizer Committee and on the Great Lakes District and International Boards He is deeply involved in civic life and is a member of various labor, community, and cultural organizations
ILA Opens Wage Scale Meetings Reviewing Contract Demands for New . . . “That was a tough strike,” recalled President Daggett of the last coast-wide ILA strike in 1977 He was a young longshoreman at the time and was dispatched to the Port of Long Beach, California to organize picket lines at West Coast ports to prevent diverted cargo
International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime . . . NORTH BERGEN, NJ (March 11, 2025) – Leaders from the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd , (USMX) today officially signed an extension to their Master Contract that will be effective October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2030 The two sides hailed the new agreement as a “win-win” for both the ILA and USMX as it “protects current
Joint Statement Regarding Master Contract – ILA Union 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 cease and all work