In late January, Starbucks and SBWU agreed to bring in a mediator in an attempt to restart stalled contract negotiations. The ...

In January 2025, the ILA and the U.S. Maritime Alliance announced that a “framework for implementing technologies that will create more jobs while modernizing East and Gulf coast ports” had ...

But if the union and the USMX are unable to reach a deal, more than 20,000 dockworkers could go on strike in mid-January, halting activities at ports from New York to Houston and potentially ...

And the ILA’s East Coast port strike may have a sequel, depending on whether a new six-year ILA contract is finalized in 90 days, and what impact it has on consumers. At root, machines and ...

On October 3, the membership of the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) suspended its strike and agreed to extend its current contract for another 90 days. The union and the U.S.

Daggett bragged that a strike would “shut down the whole world.” A shutdown of the 36 ports that joined the ILA’s picket line would cost the economy between $3.8 billion and $4.5 billion per ...

The ports in New York, Baltimore, and Houston—three of the largest of the 36 ports that could have been shut down by the ILA strike—are ranked no higher than 300th place (out of 348 in total ...

Labor peace is now restored for 36 United States-based East and Gulf Coast ports following a brief but heightened period of uncertainty. The ports had been shut down for the better part of three days ...

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), an association of companies that operate East and Gulf Coast ports, reached a tentative agreement ...

After weeks of negotiation, the ILA secured a 62% wage increase over six years for its 47,000 members over this resolution; ending labor unrest that had brought critical U.S. shipping ports to a ...

Following the end to the dockworkers strike Thursday evening, officials and stakeholders are working to ramp up operations at the ports, which were shut down since Oct. 1. As NJBIZ reported, the ...