Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I riro anō i a Ryan me ngā kaiārahi ā-rohe, ā-rohe hoki o te uniana te nuinga o te whenua i ngaro, engari i te nuinga o te wā i te utu o te whakaiti i te pokapū. Heoi anō, ka piki haere anō te mema, e ono ngā wā i roto i te maha o ngā tau i ētahi rohe. Heoi, he raru tonu te mahi hanga. Whai muri i te 83-ra o te angitu o te 1934 West Coast longshore strike
I roto i te tau 1915, i pooti nga kaimahi o te takutai moana ki te wehe i te ILA ka uru atu ki te Congress of Industrial Organizations hei International Longshore and Warehouse Union.