CollisionWeek: U.S. Maritime Alliance Warns on Port Strike as Union Won’t Schedule Negotiations

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The United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) that represents port operators and shipping companies, provided an update this morning on the status of negotiations with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), that represents over 80,000 dock workers, to avert a strike at ports across the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast.

“Despite additional attempts by USMX to engage with the ILA and resume bargaining, we have been unable to schedule a meeting to continue negotiations on a new Master Contract. We remain prepared to bargain at any… read more on the CollisionWeek website