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Negotiations between the ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance began breaking down in June 2024. [6] One major sticking point was wages. The ILA wanted members to receive a $5/hour raise each year of the next six-year contract, whereas the Maritime Alliance proposed a $2.50/hour raise each year.
Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike Tuesday against the nation’s East and Gulf Coast ports, choking off the flow of many of America’s ...
An International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) member holds an American Flag on the picket line on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 as the ILA went on strike at the Georgia Ports Authority in Garden City, Ga.
During the port strike in October, Biden refused to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act to force ports to reopen. The Act allows the federal government to seek a court injunction against a strike to allow ...
"A port strike could cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars a day, hurting American businesses, ... Unable to bridge the divide, the ILA in June suspended negotiations with USMX, ...
A three-day ILA strike in October had triggered a surge in shipping prices and cargo backlogs at the 36 affected ports. Longshoremen returned to work after employers agreed to a 62% wage increase ...
The ILA members' strike, which consisted of over 47,000 port workers across the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, including 4,500 from New York and New Jersey, began on Tuesday, Oct. 1, as the union ...
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey told NBC News that while it is not at the table for the ILA-USMX negotiations, the agency is “closely monitoring developments and remain hopeful.”