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The union representing East and Gulf coast dockworkers kicked off a two-day meeting on September 4 in New Jersey to discuss wage demands with port employers under the threat of a strike that would disrupt maritime trade gateways from Houston to Boston.
Negotiations on a labour contract covering six of the 10 busiest U.S. ports have stalled since June, when the International Longshoremen’s Association called off high-level wage talks with the United States Maritime Alliance, a group known as USMX that represents ocean carriers and terminal operators.
About 45,000 workers and three dozen ports in total could be affected in the event of a strike. And with less than a month before the September 30 deadline, U.S. retailers are renewing their plea to the White House to help break the impasse.
Read more in an article from Transport Topics.