ILA members overwhelmingly ratify new six-year master contract

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By LoadstarEditorial

10/04/2013

A new six-year Master Contract, covering some 14,500 waterfront workers belonging to the International Longshoremen’s Association, AFL-CIO (ILA) was overwhelming approved by ILA members today in a ratification vote conducted at ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast.

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