In a social media post, the union's president Harold Daggett said the union was fighting for “the kind of wages we deserve.” In a statement on Monday, the union blamed the United States Maritime Alliance,

The ILA PAC typically supports Democratic candidates, though it has recently contributed less than in previous decades.

When the clock strikes midnight Tuesday, tens of thousands of dock workers plan to strike at all Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. The mass walk-out at ports, feared to have a trickle-down effect in the industry,

During Day 1 of a dockworkers strike, Harold Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, was on a picket line in Elizabeth, New Jersey, telling CBS News New York, "Those greedy companies are making billions of dollars,

Port strike leader Harold Daggett has accused the New York Post of orchestrating an "ugly smear campaign" after it published images of his New Jersey home. A Post article published on October 2 and headlined,

International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett pushed back against concerns on the impacts his labor union’s port strike could have on the U.S. economy, claiming people “never gave a s*** about us” until the strike started.