Archives for September 2024

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (September 30, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) reports that United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) continues to block the path toward a settlement on a new Master Contract by refusing ILA’s demands for a fair and decent contract and seems intent on causing a strike at all ports from Maine to …

NORTH BERGEN, N.J. – (September 29, 2024) 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 …

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (September 26, 2024) Continuing its weak publicity campaign designed to fool the American public that they care for the longshore workers who help earn them billions of dollars and are serious about negotiating a new Master Contract Agreement, United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) last night filed an “unfair labor practice” charge against …

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (September 25, 2024) The International Longshoremen’s Association’s 85,000 members will continue to honor its century-plus pledge to handle all military cargo, even if there is a coast wide strike beginning next Tuesday, October 1, 2024. The union will also continue to work passenger cruise vessels. “Dating back to World War 1, …

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (September 23, 2024) Despite engaging in a misleading publicity campaign with claims that the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) refused to negotiate with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), the two sides have communicated multiple times in recent weeks. The stalemate remains in Master Contract negotiations because USMX continues to offer ILA longshore workers …

NORTH BERGEN, NJ ( September 20, 2024) – As we stand just 10 days away from a potential coast-wide strike—the first since 1977—I want to speak from the heart. From Searsport, Maine to Brownsville, Texas, we are about to engage in one of the toughest battles our union has faced in decades. Strikes are never …

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (September 17, 2024) The tens of thousands of International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) longshore workers at ports from Maine to Texas are united as never before in their determination to win a new contract with their employers represented by United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). In two weeks, they are ready to strike …

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (September 10, 2024) The leaders of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) slammed United States Maritime Alliance in a message to their members over the past weekend, charging that “USMX’s corporate greed has made them delusional – profits over people.” ILA President Harold Daggett and ILA Executive Vice President Dennis Daggett co-signed a …

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our employers’ association, USMX, recently issued a press release attempting to paint a rosy picture of the current state of negotiations. Let us be clear: this is nothing more than propaganda designed to mislead and divide us. Industry Leading Wages? USMX claims to offer industry-leading wages. However, their interpretation of “leading …

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (September 5, 2024) Nearly 300 International Longshoremen’s Association Wage Scale Delegates ended their two-day Wage Scale Meetings today in New Jersey by unanimously supporting International President Harold J. Daggett’s call for a coastwide strike at ports from Maine to Texas on October 1, 2024, if a new agreement with United States Maritime …