International Longshoremens Association

The objects and purposes of the ila local 1964 shall include the following: to promote the best interests of its members and their families; to organize the unorganized workers and to unite within the i.l.a. All workers within its jurisdiction; to bargain collectively on behalf of all the workers within its jurisdiction; and to negotiate, make and administer collective bargaining agreements; to improve the wages and hours of work and to increase the job security and better the work and living conditions of all the workers employed within its jurisdiction; to secure and promote laws for the benefit of all workers within its jurisdiction and labor generally; to foster civic interest among its members and labor generally; to engage in educational activities and to further educational opportunities of its members and their families; to promote health, welfare, pension, creational and civic programs in the interests of its members and their families.