Report: ILA-USMX to Resume Contract Negotiations for East/Gulf Coast Ports

A report from S&P Global’s Journal of Commerce says talks are set to resume between the International Longshoremen’s Association and the terminal operators at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX). This comes after weeks of an impasse between the union and the employers that reportedly centres around the […]
U.S. Ports Seek Order to Force Dockworkers to Bargaining Table

With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the longshoremen’s union come to the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract.