Bowers, past ILA president, dies

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Monday, August 22, 2011

Bowers John M. Bowers, 88, who spent a lifetime working on behalf of unionized dockworkers through the International Longshoremen's Association, died on Sunday at his home on Long Island. Funeral arrangements are pending. 'The ILA family and the entire labor movement today has lost one of its most outstanding and important figures in John Bowers,' said Harold Daggett, who was recently elected as ILA president, in a statement. 'John Bowers helped shape ...

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