PMTA-ILA Hiring Centers
The PMTA and ILA Locals in the Ports of the Delaware River jointly operate Hiring Centers where Longshoremen seeking employment on any given day make themselves available for work opportunities. There is one Hiring Center in Philadelphia, PA and another in Wilmington, DE. The contact information is as follows: Philadelphia, PA PMTA-ILA Joint Dispatching Office Wilmington, DE ILA Local 1694 Union Hall Automated Hiring System The PMTA maintains an Automated Hiring System that gives employers and labor computer access to the daily hires. Orders are placed on the Automated System on a daily basis for prior day work orders. The day of the work, the dispatchers at the hiring centers open the work orders and fill them out. Members of the PMTA are given access to the system by the PMTA. It is the eventual goal of this system to have a completely telephonic hiring system so employees will know their job assignments the night before. Employees would no longer be required to make themselves available in person for daily hires. For more information on the Automated System, please contact the PMTA. |
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