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In a statement from the White House on 1 October 2024 – the day port workers along the East and Gulf Coasts of America began to strike over ‘wages and benefits’ – US president Joe Biden said that he has urged the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) to “come to the table and present a fair offer to the workers of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)”.
This offer, Biden said, should ensure that these workers are “paid appropriately in line with their invaluable contributions”.
This comes after an agreement between the USMX and the ILA failed to be reached before the expiration of the previous Master Contract Agreement on 30 September, prompting concerns that a strike could disrupt supply chains.
With no resolution having come before 1 October, ILA president Harold J Daggett joined “thousands of fellow members outside the gates at Maher Terminal in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey”, as the first coast-wide strike in nearly half a century began.
According to the ILA, “tens of thousands of ILA members” formed picket lines along “all the major ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts”, with the demonstrations set to continue “round the clock, 24/7, for as long as it takes for the USMX to meet the demands of ILA rank-and-file members”. Read more
Source: LOGISTICS MANAGER
