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The ILA did not respond to a request for comment on the USMX's stance that the union won't meet to reopen negotiations. The ILA and USMX will need to agree upon a new master contract by Oct. 1 ...
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) union, which represents dockworkers across 36 ports on the U.S. East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico, remains deadlocked with the United States ...
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), an association of companies that operate East and Gulf Coast ports, reached a tentative agreement ...
At night, the ILA made a statement accusing the alliance of refusing to incorporate their requests for a fair contract. [6] The union called the 50% pay raise proposal "unacceptable". [10] USMX accused ILA of refusing to negotiate, and asked labor regulators to command that the union continue them in a formal complaint. [8]
USMX members handle cargo shipped to and from the United States. The alliance represents its constituents in labor contracts vis-a-vis the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA). In addition, it oversees training, education, and certification programs, and voices the positions of its members regarding regulatory and safety issues.
In October, the ILA and USMX failed to reach an agreement on pay raises and protection from automation for port workers ahead of a contract deadline, resulting in a strike that hit the economy hard.
A key sticking point in the negotiations for a new six-year labor contract is automation. "We got to keep fighting automation and semi-automation," ILA’s leader, Harold Daggett, told a group of ...
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.