News / USEC port workers' union set to finalise contract demands and strike strategy

Harold Daggett

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) will next month amend its final contract demands and prepare its US East and Gulf coast port worker members for an early-October strike. 

The union said it “expects to put in marathon hours” presenting the contract demands to delegates during wage scale committee meetings on 4 and 5 September, in New Jersey. 

The delegates will review the demands the ILA will present to employer group, the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). 

But ILA president and chief negotiator Harold ...