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The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have reached a tentative agreement on all items for a new six-year master contract averting a potentially damaging strike on the US east and Gulf coasts next week. The two sides agreed to continue to operate under the current contract until the union can meet with its full wage scale committee and schedule a ratification vote, and USMX members can ratify the terms of the final contract.
“We are pleased to announce that ILA and USMX have reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year ILA-USMX master contract, subject to ratification, thus averting any work stoppage on January 15, 2025,” the two sides said in a joint statement. “This agreement protects current ILA jobs and establishes a framework for implementing technologies that will create more jobs while modernizing East and Gulf coast ports – making them safer and more efficient, and creating the capacity they need to keep our supply chains strong.”
Details of the new tentative agreement will not be released to allow ILA rank-and-file-members and USMX members to review and approve the final document.
Harold Daggett, international president of the ILA, hailed the support of president-elect Donald Trumnp as proving crucial to get this work agreement finally sealed.
“He’s a hero to our ILA union and members,” Daggett said. “President Trump gets full credit for our successful tentative master contract agreement.” said ILA President Daggett.
Following a three-day strike last October, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) reached an agreement with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) on wages, suspending their walkout until January.
Both sides returned to the bargaining table in November to negotiate outstanding issues with their existing contract due to expire on January 15, five days before Donald Trump takes office as the 47th president of the US.
However, negotiations on the master contract broke down in November, with Trump coming out in support of the unions.
The issue causing negotiations to break down surrounded the use of semi-automated cranes.
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