When hundreds of longshoremen and their families got together this week in Overtown with live music, vendors, and matching shirts, they weren’t just celebrating any event — they were commemorating nearly a century of labor that built the “Cruise Capital of the World” in Miami.
The celebration on Monday highlighted the bustling modern operations of PortMiami, along with a deeply rooted history of civil rights, economic survival, and union brotherhood.
The story of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 1416 began during the Great Depression…