News / ILA sues after non-union labour unloads containers at new US terminal

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26/04/2021

ILA sues after non-union labour unloads containers at new US terminal

The US east coast is set for another bruising encounter between a dockworker union, shipping line and terminal operators.

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has launched legal action against Hapag-Lloyd and the US Maritime Alliance.

At the centre of the claim is the new Hugh K Leatherman container terminal at the port of Charleston, the first new box capacity in the US for over a decade when it opened this month.

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Don Starr
April 27, 2021 at 1:10 pm
They seriously need to get a union contract and not allow this to continue.
Scabs don’t belong on the US docks and container terminals.

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