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US East Coast & Gulf Coast Port Strike averted, ILA & USMX announce a new 6-year agreement
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd. (USMX) have announced tentative agreement on a new six-year Master Contract. Thus, avoiding the work stoppage, which was slated to begin on January 15, 2025.
The ILA and USMX, in their joint statement, expressed that they will continue to operate under the current contract. This will go on until the union meets its full Wage Scale Committee and schedules a ratification vote and the USMX members ratify the terms of final contract. The statement read “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, more efficient and creating the capacity they need to keep our supply chains strong."
As ILA rank-and-file-members and USMX members need to review and approve the final document, details of the new tentative agreement will not be released.