ILA
The
International Longshoremen's Association Common clues: Labor
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The
International Longshoremen's Association is a labor union
representing longshore workers along the East Coast of the United
States and Canada, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico,
and inland waterways. The ILA has approximately 200 local
affiliates in port cities in these areas.
On
the Waterfront is a film about mob violence and corruption among
longshoremen
The
roots of the International Longshoremen’s Association date
to colonial America when the arrival of ships bearing goods from
Europe was greeted with cries for “Men ‘long shore!”
At first, the "longshoremen" who came to the ships were
normally engaged in any number of full-time occupations, but they
left their work freely to unload the anxiously awaited, sometimes
desperately needed, supplies without pay. As America began to
develop a fledgling economy, and the ships increased, longshore
work became a full-time occupation.
As
the nation matured, many new immigrants congregated in the
cities, hoping to find work, especially along the coast, where
the bulk of business was still being done. The number of
professional longshoremen grew by thousands.
While
longshoremen in the United States had organized and conducted
strikes before there was a United States, the ILA traces its
origins to a union of longshoremen on the Great Lakes, the
Association of Lumber Handlers founded in 1877, then renamed the
National Longshoremen’s Association of the United States in
1892. It joined the AFL in 1895 and renamed itself the
International Longshoremen’s Association several years
later when it admitted Canadian longshoremen to membership.
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