Threatened Port Strike is Officially Off

The final approval for a new six-year contract agreement between the International Longshoreman’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance was given by the ILA.  The approved contract will run from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2030.  Almost 99% of the ILA members voted to approve the agreement.

“I’m pleased to announce that thousands of ILA longshore workers overwhelmingly supported this contract, and we now have labor peace for the next six years,” said ILA President Harold Daggett, who served as the Union’s chief negotiator. “Our ILA rank-and-file members are not only the greatest longshore workers in the world, but they’re the strongest union anywhere.”

The agreement includes a record 62% wage increase, full protections against automation, a strengthening of the Union’s health care plan, and many other benefits. Daggett also praised his USMX negotiating counterpart Paul DeMaria, the lead management negotiator, for helping to bring about a settlement.

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