ILA president wrote to Joe Biden to criticise FMC’s Sola for “disparaging comments”

Harold J. Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), wrote to US president Joe Biden criticising the administration’s Federal Maritime Commissioner Louis E. Sola for his “disparaging comments about the ILA”.

Harold J. Daggett sent a message to Biden slamming Sola for an “unwarranted attack on the working women and men represented by the ILA in the port of Charleston”.

In particular, the ILA leader said that the FMC Commissioner engaged in anti-labor and anti-union...

https://container-news.com/ila-president-wrote-to-joe-biden-to-criticise-fmcs-sola-for-disparaging-comments/

ILA seeks US$300 million damages from USMX and carriers

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has filed suit against Hapag-Lloyd, United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and Orient Overseas Container Line, Ltd. (OOCL) seeking damages of US$300 million for a breach of contract.

The ILA filed suit on 23 April against Hapag-Lloyd AG and USMX in the Superior Court of New Jersey in Newark for breach of a master contract and other infractions that hurt ILA members, seeking damages in the amount of US$200 million from both defendants...

https://container-news.com/ila-seeks-us300-million-damages-from-usmx-and-carriers/