News / Vessel bunching on USEC slow to clear, as ILA shapes new 'strategy'

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The ILA has vowed to continue its “hell-bent” fight against automation as the effects of last week’s three-day strike disrupt supply chains. 

The union told its members over the weekend that, while it had negotiated an “unprecedented” 61.5% wage increase offer across six years, it had decided, as a “crucial part of the overall strategy”, not to accept this immediately. 

“If we were to accept the wage increase now, we would have to sign a no-strike clause. This would give the employers ...