International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) And United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) Announce Tentative Agreement On New Six-Year Master Contract

The two sides agreed to continue to operate under the current contract until the union can meet with its full Wage Scale Committee and schedule a ratification vote, and USMX members can ratify the terms of the final contract.

US East Coast Dockworkers Strike, Halting Half the Nation’s Ocean Shipping

The strike blocks everything from food to automobile shipments across dozens of ports from Maine to Texas, in a disruption analysts warned will cost the economy billions of dollars a day, threaten jobs, and potentially stoke inflation.

IFPA Update on U.S East Coast Port Strike

Without agreement on a new labor contract, operations at 14 US ports will cease on October 1. Those ports include: Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Hampton Roads, Houston, Jacksonville, Miami, Mobile, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Savannah, Tampa and Wilmington.