Employers ratified a six-year master contract for International Longshoremen’s Association members at East and Gulf Coast ports, giving final approval to a deal that ILA members approved last week.
United States Maritime Alliance
United States Maritime Association, or USMX, is an alliance of container carriers, direct employers, and port associations on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts. In addition to serving as the representative of the management groups in master contract negotiations with labor, USMX, which was founded in 1997, also serves to issue industry positions on a variety of regulatory and safety issues.
28 Mar 2013
International Longshoremen’s Association members will vote April 9 on a landmark contract that was starting to look impossible without a strike.
15 Mar 2013
The Port of New York and New Jersey’s unique “continuous operation” system will be replaced by work shifts similar to those of other U.S. ports under the new International Longshoremen’s Association local contract.
15 Mar 2013
The new International Longshoremen’s Association master contract includes a clause designed to encourage state port autho
14 Mar 2013
The International Longshoremen’s Association has scheduled an April 9 ratification vote on a coastwide master contract that ILA and United States Maritime Alliance officials have agreed upon.
13 Mar 2013
The International Longshoremen's Association and United States Maritime Alliance concluded nearly a year of rocky, on-and-off negotiations by agreeing on a six-year contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.
13 Mar 2013
The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance concluded nearly a year of rocky, on-and-off negotiations with an agreement on a six-year contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.
13 Mar 2013
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said he hopes United States Maritime Alliance will approve a contract agreement with the ILA when the two sides resume meetings later today in Tampa.
12 Mar 2013
International Longshoremen’s Association delegates approved in principle a previously announced tentative deal on a Maine-to-Texas master contract, and will meet with United States Maritime Alliance Wednesday to discuss the agreement.
07 Mar 2013
The International Longshoremen’s Association and the New York Shipping Association tentatively agreed on a local contract that, if ratified, likely means East and Gulf Coast ports will avoid a work stoppage this year.
07 Mar 2013
The International Longshoremen’s Association and the New York Shipping Association have tentatively agreed on a local contract covering 4,500 ILA members in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
07 Mar 2013
Representatives of the International Longshoremen’s Association and its New York-New Jersey employers planned to resume negotiations today on a local agreement that’s key to the coastwide master contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.
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