Emergence, Growth and Leadership of The International Longshoremen's Association
In 1892 at a convention in Detroit, 11 local unions representing waterside workers from the Great Lakes region formed a single organisation named the National Longshoremen's Association of the United States and elected Daniel Keefe president. By 1895 following recruitment of workers in Canada, the organisation was renamed the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and Keefe affiliated the union to the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Under Keefe's leadership the union grew from 50,000 members in 1900 to 100,000 members by 1905, including expanding membership outside the Great Lakes region across the United States.
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