International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) President Harold Daggett credited President Trump as "key to the union negotiating [Wednesday's] landmark agreement" that prevented a second ILA [...]
With only about a week before a new International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) strike could shut down East and Gulf Coast ports, the ILA returns to the negotiation table with the United [...]
We have less than a month before the East and Gulf Coast ports could shut down from another International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) strike. The deadline for a new master contract to be [...]
41 Days... Tuesday's blog had a positive tone regarding the situation with the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) at East and Gulf Coast ports. The union's praise for President Trump [...]
With less than a month and a half to go before the deal deadline to prevent another dockworker strike shutting down U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports, negotiations remain halted between the [...]
Importers are calling on President Biden, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) to end or prevent major disruptions to their supply [...]
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) broke off contract negotiations with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), increasing the odds of another dockworker strike, which would [...]
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), representing dockworkers at America's East and Gulf Coast ports, and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), representing their employers, [...]
Why is there an International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) Strike Watch 2025? Because if a new master contract isn't negotiated between now and January 15th, the ILA could be back on the [...]
You might have thought the drama at the ports and the disruption threat to U.S. supply chains was over, but it's not... After shutting down the East and Gulf Coast ports for three days last week [...]
The ILA Strike is over!
On Tuesday, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) went on strike, shutting down all of America's East and Gulf Coast ports. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su issued a brief and, [...]
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) went on strike today, shutting down U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports. President Biden's words in response to the strike are not those of a [...]
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is officially on strike, shutting down ports all along the East and Gulf Coast ports. Read more in Universal Cargo's blog.
I did the math. Here's how much ILA members make. 4 days... East and Gulf Coast ports shutting down next week is practically a certainty. In fact, International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) [...]
6 days... With less than a week before the International Longshoremen's Association's (ILA) master contract expires, even the most optimistic people in the international shipping industry expect [...]
A week ago, we asked in the ILA Strike Watch if the White House will stop the strike. The Biden/Harris Administration has given an answer: No. That's probably not what shippers want to hear [...]
18 days... The clock is ticking. With about two and a half weeks until a planned strike from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) shuts down all the East and Gulf Coast ports of [...]
20 days... That's all that's left before a new deal has to be reached between the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). No deal by then, [...]
Last week, shippers thought they could feel a little more optimistic about cargo continuing to flow through East and Gulf Coast ports. After all, the International Longshoremen's Association [...]