ILA says it will move forward with strike on Tuesday

(World Cargo News)

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has confirmed its plans to initiate a strike across all Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports from Maine to Texas, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2024.

The confirmation came in a statement issued on Sunday, September 29.

“With 36 hours to go before the end of the ILA-USMX contract tomorrow evening, the 85,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, joined in solidarity by tens of thousands of dockworkers and maritime workers around the world, will hit the picket lines at 12:01 am on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 and strike at all Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports from Maine to Texas,” the statement said.

The strike is being announced after talks with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) on extending the labour contract, set to expire on September 30, ground to a halt. The ILA accuses USMX of ignoring decades of wage stagnation.

“United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) refuses to address a half-century of wage subjugation where Ocean Carriers profits skyrocketed from millions to mega-billion dollars, while ILA longshore wages remained flat,” the union added.

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