Harold Dagget

Port strike begins as ILA rejects last minute USMX offer

As has seemed increasingly likely, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) went on strike at 12:01 a.m. , today, Tuesday, October 1, rejecting a last minute offer from the employers’ organization, USMX, and shutting down U.S. ports from Maine to Texas, with ILA rank-and-file members began setting up picket lines at waterfront facilities up and down the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.

There had been a faint glimmer of hope Monday evening when the employers’ organization, the United States...

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USMX seeks NLRB intervention as port strike looms

With a threatened Maine to Texas port strike on October 1 getting ever nearer, the employers organization, the United States Marine Alliance (USMX), today filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking an order to require the ILA union to resume bargaining.

“USMX has been clear that we value the work of the ILA and have great respect for its members,” said USMX in a statement released today. “We have a shared history of working together and are committed to bargaining.

“Due to the...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/usmx-seeks-nlrb-intervention-as-port-strike-looms/

VIDEO: ILA ramps up port strike rhetoric

Fears that a Maine to Texas port strike by the International Longshoremens Association (ILA) could become a reality on October 1 are growing, with Torsten Hartmann, senior director trade management transpacific at Hapag-Lloyd, saying on the latest edition of The Freight Buyers’ Club podcast, that a strike closing ILA-manned ports would have far-reaching, global consequences.

“I’ve been asked by the management in my company, ‘What’s your Plan B?,’” he continued. “The honest answer is there’s no...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/video-ila-ramps-up-port-strike-rhetoric/