A 78-year-old Navy veteran from Queens led the International Longshoremen’s Association union members in the organization’s first strike in almost 50 years from Tuesday to Thursday this week. Harold Daggett,

The ILA PAC typically supports Democratic candidates, though it has recently contributed less than in previous decades.

Harold Daggett raked in $728,000 in compensation from the ILA last year. He picked up another $173,000 as president emeritus of a local union branch.