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Mr. Dennis A. Daggett
Secretary-Treasurer
Atlantic Coast District, ILA, AFL-CIO
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Dennis A. Daggett was unanimously elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Atlantic Coast District, International Longshoremen’s Association, AFL-CIO at the District’s quadrennial convention in July 2007. At the time of his election, Daggett had been serving as Safety Director for the 50,000-member International Longshoremen’s Association, AFL-CIO, a position he was first appointed to in December 1997 by then ILA President John Bowers. The Atlantic Coast District covers a wide port area including all North Atlantic ports from Maine to Virginia, the U.S. and Canadian Great Lakes ports, Eastern Canada and Puerto Rico. A fourth generation member of his family to work in the longshore industry, Dennis Daggett followed the path of his grandfather, who was a checker with the ILA, and his father, Harold J. Daggett, who currently serves as the ILA’s Executive Vice President and President of ILA Local 1804-1. |
A member and current officer with ILA Local 1804-1, Dennis Daggett previously was employed in container repair for Maersk Line with Universal Maritime Service Corporation in Port Newark, NJ. With his ILA local, Daggett was elected Business Agent in December 2000. Daggett and ILA Local 1804-1 were instrumental in negotiating a landmark six-year agreement with Metropolitan Marine Maintenance Corporation in 2005.
In 2006 Dennis Daggett received the President’s award from the A. Philip Randolph Institute of Union and Essex Counties of New Jersey.
As Safety Director, Dennis Daggett was instrumental in instituting rigorous safety regulations and modern training programs into the ILA contract.
Daggett was responsible for directing and monitoring all ILA Safety and Training Programs; investigating longshore accidents and safety violations and working closely with Federal, State and local safety agencies including the Occupational and Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Dennis serves as a lead member of the labor-management safety committee (ILA-United States Maritime Alliance Safety Steering Committee).
For his outstanding efforts in improving safety for ILA members, Dennis was honored by the Hampton Roads Shipping Association-ILA in Virginia.
Daggett studied political science and public speaking at Iona College, Hunter College and the University of Vermont and also completed studies in Collective Bargaining for Local Union Leaders and Occupational Safety and Health at Cornell University for Industrial Labor.
Daggett resides in Sparta, New Jersey with his wife, Marisa and daughter, Alexa.
Dennis A. Daggett
Secretary-Treasurer
17 Battery Place
Suite 930
New York, NY 10004
212-425-1200