Negotiations between the dock workers’ International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and port employers the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) now have a very short window to produce a new master contract before a new strike, forcing box lines to mitigate the impact.
The current master contract between workers and employers on US east and Gulf coast ports will expire on 15 January and, if no new agreement is reached by then, a …
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