International Longshoremen's Association

According to a report from CNBC, the International Longshoremen's Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) met secretly on Sunday to discuss the issue of technology and automation ahead of formal contract bargaining.  The Details: The CNBC report said the ILA and USMX met for eight hours...

Thousands of port workers may go on strike again as a temporary deal between the International Longshoremen's Association and United States Maritime Alliance reached in October is set to expire on Jan. 15.  The Details: The current agreement was reached after a three-day port strike in October...

Retailers and politicians reacted to the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and U.S. Maritime Alliance’s (USMX) tentative deal to end the ongoing port strike. What Happened: East Coast dockworkers went on strike Tuesday following their contract lapse with port employers. The...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), on Thursday, praised the 50,000 port workers who successfully secured a significant wage increase following their strike against the shipping industry’s “outrageous corporate greed.” What Happened: The Vermont senator attached a statement in solidarity...

President Joe Biden has commended the agreement reached between the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), effectively ending a port strike that threatened to disrupt the U.S. economy. What Happened: The agreement, which was announced on Thursday, was...

With a looming dockworkers' strike on the East and Gulf Coasts set to begin Oct. 1, major companies like Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) are bracing for substantial disruptions. The strike, led by the International Longshoremen’s Association...

The ongoing threat of labor strikes at U.S. ports, typhoons in China and China’s upcoming seven-day National Golden Week holiday are set to disrupt the flow of containerized goods from China to the U.S., according to a container trade expert. “Our regular surveys indicate that demand...

Port employers and the union representing East and Gulf coasts dockworkers begin a two-day meeting in New Jersey to prevent a strike that would disrupt maritime commerce along the entire U.S. Eastern Seaboard. Talks on a labor deal for six of the 10 busiest ports stopped in June when the...

International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) President Harold Daggett announced Sunday that the union is endorsing Joe Biden for president. Daggett urged ILA members in Florida, Ohio and Illinois to support the former vice president in Tuesday's presidential primaries in those states. The ILU...