The leader of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) says the threat of a strike at all U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports is becoming more likely as time is growing short before the current contract expires Sept. 30.
Harold J. Daggett, ILA president and the union’s chief negotiator, said the employers represented by United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) are running out of time to negotiate a new master contract agreement and avoid a coastwide strike on Oct. 1.
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