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As leader of the union, he unsuccessfully attempted to get the International Longshore and Warehouse Union to merge into the ILA. He negotiated several long-term contracts for longshoremen on the U.S. East Coast, and created the Container Freight Station Operations, which brought union members onto new types of work with containers. [2]
Thomas William "Teddy" Gleason (November 8, 1900 – December 24, 1992) was president of the International Longshoremen's Association from 1963 to 1987. Gleason was born in New York City, the oldest of 13 children. Coming from a family of longshoremen, he left school after the
Joseph Patrick Ryan (May 11, 1884 – June 26, 1963) was an American labor union leader. Born in Babylon, New York, Ryan worked various jobs from the age of 12 and became in 1912 a longshoreman on the New York docks. He immediately joined the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and in 1913 became financial secretary of his local ...
The International Longshoremen's Association, ... Union leader John Lewis negotiated for job security and pay increases for existing workers, but the encroachment of machines led to fewer hires ...
Harold J. Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen's Association speaks as dockworkers at the Maher Terminals in Port Newark are on strike on October 1, 2024 in New Jersey.
Anthony John Chlopek (June 10, 1880 – November 16, 1937) was an American labor union leader. Born in Toledo, Ohio, Chlopek became a longshoreman when he was fifteen, and four years later, he joined the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA). He undertook a wide variety of work, but remained a union member.
With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the Longshoremen's union come to the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract.
Harry Bridges (28 July 1901 – 30 March 1990) was an Australian-born American union leader, first with the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA). In 1937, he led several chapters in forming a new union, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), expanding members to workers in warehouses, and led it for the next 40 years.
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