Welcome to the New I.L.A. Port of Discovery Site

We have overhauled this site in an effort to provide our I.L.A. membership and our associates in the Maritime Industry with a tool that is helpful, informative and easy to use.

Be sure to participate in our discussion forums, where you can post comments and suggestions about matters affecting our industry. One of these forums is restricted to I.L.A. members exclusively. These forums will facilitate the free exchange of information and opinion. To enter the forums, please contact us and ask for a free username and password.

We are adding directories of all our Locals as well as a reference area which includes the full searchable text of the Master Contract. And you can use the Search feature to locate anything on the site.

Finally, you can use the Contact Us feature to get in touch with us with your thoughts and ideas. We read every note and will reply to you individually.

Enjoy the new site and check back often to see our updates.

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ILA Ratifies Contract Extension

The Journal of Commerce Online - News Story

Joseph Bonney | Nov 18, 2009 

Vote ensures labor peace at East, Gulf Coast ports for three more years

International Longshoremen's Association members voted nearly 2-to-1 Tuesday to ratify a contract extension that promises labor peace in East and Gulf Coast ports through September 2012.

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Longshoremen to Vote Tuesday Nov. 17

Nov 9, 2009

Journal of Commerce Online - News Story

Joseph Bonney

Contract extension would cover East, Gulf Coast ports through 2012

International Longshoremen’s Association members are preparing to vote Nov. 17 in a closely watched referendum on a two-year contract extension that would provide East and Gulf Coast ports with labor peace through September 2012.

Read the latest November 9, 2009 letter from President Hughes - http://www.ilaunion.org/pdf/LetterEffectsVoting.pdf

 

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Letter dated October 19, 2009 from President Hughes

To: All ILA Members in Ports from Maine to Texas covered by the Master Contract

Please click on below links to read more. 

http://www.ilaunion.org/pdf/LetterProposedExtensionAgreement.pdf

MOS mentioned in the above letter.

http://www.ilaunion.org/pdf/MemorandumOfSettlement.pdf

Explanation of MOS

http://www.ilaunion.org/pdf/ExplanationOfExtensionAgreement.pdf

Wage chart

http://www.ilaunion.org/pdf/ImpactOnWages.pdf

Rules and Procedures for ratification vote

http://www.ilaunion.org/pdf/RulesAndProceduresForRatificationVote.pdf

 
Employer Group OKs Longshore Contract

Joseph Bonney | Oct 23, 2009

The Journal of Commerce Online - News Story

Members of United States Maritime Alliance, representing Atlantic and Gulf waterfront employers, ratified a coastwide contract extension that International Longshoremen’s Association members will vote on in a Nov. 17 referendum.

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