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

In October, ILA and USMX ended a three-day strike, reaching a compromise on wages, “which increased hourly pay by 10% in the first year and 62% over the six-year tentative deal,” according to CNN, ...

On Oct. 1, the ILA’s 45,000 dockworkers went on strike, with the work stoppage lasting three days before both parties came to an agreement on a 61.5 percent wage bump over the six-year duration ...

In the lead-up to the tentative deal, other trade groups had urged the ILA and USMX to find common ground before the January 15 deadline, and what could have been the second East and Gulf Coast port ...

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), which represents 14 major ports from Boston to Miami and along the Gulf Coast from Mobile, Alabama, to ...

Sort of. The ILA and the shipping industry, represented by the USMX, reached a tentative agreement on October 4, three days after the dockworkers went on strike.

A coalition of 267 trade associations sent a letter last week to the ILA and USMX urging both parties to return to the negotiating table, saying modernization efforts will benefit all parties.

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), the union that represents the 45,000 dockworkers that went on strike in October, and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), which represents port ...

Not all is going smoothly in the negotiations between U.S. East and Gulf Coast port employers, represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), and the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) ...

If both the ILA and USMX agree on terms for a new master contract proposal, the union would present the deal to its wage scale committee for approval, and later, to the workers for ratification.